James Halon is a bestselling novelist, short story author, and poet. Mr. Halon is the author of more than 10 published books. He lives in California where he writes and paints. His published 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, and, Creative Writing 101 (...Behind the Scenes). Mr. Halon is also the author of the Play, What a Difference a Little Gold Makes.
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 for the first time and republished in 2009 via Amazon Kindle Books. His second novel, Orchids to Die For, a sequel to The MT, was published in 2007. In 2008, Mr. Halon short stories, 50 Going on 25, Evi's Blind Date, and a Sci-Fi Short, Mnomia's World, were released to rave reviews. Also in 2008, James Halon's novella Jimmy Begood, was released on Amazon.com Kindle books and on mobipocket.com where it instantly became a bestselling short story. Jimmy Begood, has been on the Best-Seller List for over 52 weeks as an ebook and in 2010 was released for the first time in print. Halon is currently working on the third installment of the Jim Morgan Adventure Series, Vendetta.
