JAMES COX is a writer, an actor and a twenty year veteran of the United States Navy. SILVER OR LEAD is his first novel.James has written several plays which have been presented at various Los Angeles area theatres.”Love, Madness and Somewhere in Between” a solo show that James wrote and performed in at the Hudson Theatre won the Ovation Award at the 2019 Hollywood Fringe Festival. His second novel, ROPPONGI, a thriller set in Japan will be published by Black Rose Writing and released in January 2023. He dedicates SILVER OR LEAD to his late mother, Lucille. James just moved to Phuket, Thailand where he is researching his next novel.