James B. Fields was born in Oxford, England in 1968. His parents were both middle school teachers, who possessed a rather liberal lifestyle. When Jim was five, his family, brother Joe included, moved to the American heartland - Iowa. His father started an English pub in the town of Des Moines. As a child, Jim was very athletic, and confessed to not reading his first "book" until he was fourteen. In his own words, he preferred images plastered unforgotten. "I like pictures far better." Jim attended Catholic schools until he went to the University of Oregon, graduating with degrees in Literature and Philosophy. He currently resides in southern Arizona, where he works for the Department of Natural Resources. He is married with two young daughters.