JAMES COOPER

JAMES COOPER lives in Nottinghamshire, England, with his wife and son. He is the author of the novel THE MIDWAY (published by Crowswing Books in April 2007), and is the editor of the anthology DARK DOORWAYS (The Prufrock Press, 2006). His debut collection of short stories, YOU ARE THE FLY: TALES OF REDEMPTION & DISTRESS, was published in September 2007 by Humdrumming Books to favourable reviews. His second collection, THE BEAUTIFUL RED, was published by Atomic Fez in March 2010.

He has also sold over thirty short stories to small-press magazines and anthologies in the last few years, including CEMETERY DANCE, BLACK STATIC, POSTSCRIPTS, HUB, ALL HALLOWS, MIDNIGHT STREET, NOT ONE OF US, COLD FLESH, DAIKAIJU 2, THE HARROW, BLACK PETALS, WHEN GRAVEYARDS YAWN and RED SCREAM.

He has also completed a project for the BFS entitled IN CONVERSATION: A WRITER'S PERSPECTIVE, interviewing some of today's leading practitioners of dark fiction, including Ramsey Campbell, Joe R. Lansdale, Tim Lebbon, Greg F. Gifune and Graham Joyce.

He is currently at work on his second novel, SMILE.

He can be contacted at: james.cooper01@hotmail.co.uk