James McKenna is retired, living in southern Minnesota, and feels it is important for a person to keep active. That being said, he is an award-winning author whose style of writing is keenly reminiscent of that style made popular in the 19th century. He loves the richness extant in the English language normally found in novels of that era and believes that such richness could and should be used to make the reader’s experience as entertaining and rewarding as possible. AN AWARD-WINNING WORK OF LITERARY FICTION! \—- SPR'S 2023 GOLD AWARD WINNER and 2023 BOOK OF THE YEAR. \—- READER VIEWS 2023-2024 REVIEWERS CHOICE GOLD AWARD for GENERAL FICTION/NOVEL. \—- AWARDED FIRST PLACE in the 2023 PARANORMAL BOOK AWARDS for SUPERNATURAL FICTION in CHANTICLEER INTERNATIONAL BOOK AWARDS COMPETITION (CIBAs). James believes that there should be a graceful flow and sense of meter to each sentence that will carry the reader forward in a novel. It is a style, he says, that has been lost over time and must be revived. To James, sentences, if carefully written, can and should approach something very much akin to what he calls . . . poetic prose. In short, he believes that it is not just what you write, but how you write it! He is currently in the process of writing two new novels. When those novels are completed, he will provide an update.