Born in 1969, James Peter Keihl II has been reading since he was 2 ½ years old. He has always enjoyed reading and writing. He has lived most of his life in Ohio, with the exception of 3 ½ years in Arizona from ages 12 to 15. He set a goal in high school to be published by age 30. He’s been keeping a journal since high school to write his autobiography and he is also in the process of writing his first novel. In prison, he now tutors teenage inmates in English.