James is a New York City-based historian and walking tour guide. With his wife, Michelle, he has written three books: a concise walking tour guide book called Frommer's 24 Great Walks in New York (released in March 2008) and Inside the Apple A Streetwise History of New York City, which was released in March 2009, and Footprints in New York Tracing the Lives of Four Centuries of New Yorkers. The authors' blog of NYC history and event information can be found at http://blog.insidetheapple.net. Other musings are at http://jamesnevius.blogspot.com