James Twining was born in London but spent much of his childhood in Paris. After graduating from Christ Church, Oxford with a first class degree in French Literature, he joined the investment bank UBS where he worked in their corporate finance division. In 1999 he left to set up his own company and in 2001 was named as one of the eight "Best of Young British" entrepreneurs in The New Statesman. James lives in London with his wife Victoria and is now a full time writer. The Double Eagle is his first novel and he is currently completing the second Tom Kirk adventure,The Gold Train.