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James Halon is a bestselling novelist, short story author, and poet. Mr. Halon is the author of 10 published books. He lives in California where he writes and paints. His books include, Poetry, The Malagasy Tortoise, Orchids to Die For, Evi's Blind Date, Jimmy Begood, 50 Going on 25, Mnomia's World, Expressions of Love, Creative Writing 101, and Grandpa's Cat. Mr. Halon is also the author of the Play, Gold Strike.

James Halon studied English at Chapman College in Orange, California. He studied Physics and Engineering (IET) at Purdue University and Mathematics at the University of Hawaii on Oahu. While working in the field of Meteorology, James was a tornado chaser between Oklahoma City and Saint Louis. He did wind-diffusion studies in micro-met for toxic fuels dispersion associated with Titan III rocket launches. Then, having worked as a Pilot Weather Briefer and Station Weather Forecaster, he went on to Solar Observing and Solar Flare Forecasting at the Palahua Solar Observatory as an Astrogeophysical Data Analyst.

James later worked as a Nuclear Scientist in radiological control associated with the de-activation of Attack Class Submarines for the Department of the Navy in Bremerton, Washington. James Halon began writing for small Gazettes as early as 1964, where he became known for his political cartoons. In the mid-1980's he began writing for the Ada S. McKinley Foundation where he wrote a weekly radio program called, CRY, Concerns and Resolutions for Youth.

Expressions of Love is James Halon's second poetry book. His first, Poetry, a hardback collection of selected works was published in 1992. His first novel, the first in the Jim Morgan Adventure Series, The Malagasy Tortoise was published in 2002. His second novel, Orchids to Die For (co-authored with Catherine Burr), was published in 2007. In March 2008, James Halon's novella Jimmy Begood, was released on Amazon.com Kindle books and was released on Mobi Pocket Books in April 2008 where it instantly became a bestselling short story.
In 2008, 50 Going on 25, Mnomia's World, and Ev's Blind Date, were all released and became bestselling books.

James is the proud father of two sons with whom he enjoys golf. James is currently working on his next book. In his spare time, he plays chess, Sudoku, and does crossword puzzles in ink.

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