James Douglas

James Douglas began his writing career as a journalist for a Swiss newspaper, while he studied civil and criminal law in Berne. He then practiced as defense lawyer and in-house counsel to financial institutions before he established himself as prominent business attorney in Zurich. 

His first best-selling novel Brennpunkt Philadelphia (Ullstein, Berlin 1994) was soon published as Zero Philadelphia in New York. Breathless to Casablanca, that anticipated the 9/11 attacks and Operation Cinderella, an amazing plot, came out in New York in 2002 and 2015 respectively. The former Colonel of the armor corps, security and intelligence expert was dubbed The Swiss Tom Clancy. 

Under a different name James Douglas acted in and co-produced a Ken Russell film «MINDBENDER» inspired by the life of internationally renowned psychic and paranormalist Uri Geller. He has also authored the German hot sellers Goldauge, Der Sintfluter, Brennpunkt Philadelphia, Atemlos nach Casablanca, Des Teufels Botschafter, Bundesratlos, Operation Cinderella, Eiskalt, Gewagtes Spiel, Total Control, Zu Früh zum Sterben, Firestorm, and Kein Tag zum Sterben (www.james-douglas.ch). He lives and writes in New York, Zurich and Gstaad.

James says, I'm reading a lot, watching movies all the time, and I draw my inspiration from what is happening in the world, from scientific research and information from open sources, making my novels informative and topical, not to mention breathlessly exciting.