James Christopher Sheppard was born on 16th August 1984 and raised in the small village of Dormansland, Surrey in the UK. James came out as a gay man at 16 whilst still attending Oxted County School and soon left education to embark on a series of jobs in retail, hospitality, bars and Australia's gay scene. In his mid teens, James began experimenting with words and found poetry to be his ultimate therapy. At age 23 in 2007, James left his job at Virgin Megastore and began a new chapter in his life, at Kingston University. For a year he studied Sociology, but after a shaky start, decided that English Literature and Creative Writing were the way forward. Now James has completed his studies with a 2:1 Bachelor of Arts with Honours degree in Creative Writing with English Literature and is a freelance writer, specialising in music journalism and poetry.
James welcomes all feedback and as a freelance writer, is always happy to hear from you if you have any writing opportunity.
