James Edward Otis

Before earning his stripes as an accomplished author, James Edward Otis populated hundreds of waste cans with his writing projects through many years. The county landfill added a hill in his honor. He sees that as the price of becoming a serious writer.

Today James is a full time author of supernatural Christian action-adventure techno-thrillers and nonfiction. He is also a speaker. He received most of his undergraduate education at Marion College, Marion, Indiana, which was the ancestor of today’s Indiana Wesleyan University. He went on to complete the balance of his undergraduate and Masters degrees in Theology and his PhD in Biblical Studies.

James has authored several books, youth and adult Christian education curriculum, numerous magazine and news articles, and has spoken widely, mostly in the United States, but also in Africa, South America and the Philippines.

James spent a number of years in pastoral ministry, generally doing what he calls trench work, helping revitalize depressed congregations and planting new churches. The majority of that time he was bi-vocational, supporting his family in the world of business. It kept him real.

Working from his Inspiration Mission artisan woodshop, James is an avid woodworker. His refined rustic and primitive creations sell across the U.S. and internationally. His former military service helps inform the conflicts in his Northern Edge Adventure Series.

James is married to his high school sweetheart, Patricia Ann “Makki” McDiarmid Otis. They enjoy their country home in north central Indiana. They raised four children, now grown, and are blessed with an even dozen grandchildren. One neurotic dog and three needy cats round out his posse.

For his current writing projects, James is working on SIEGE, A Ransom Doxie Novel, Northern Edge Adventure Series, Volume 2, and Devotions from the Northern Edge, Strong Words for Warriors, Volume 2. He is completely revising a nonfiction trilogy on prayer and spiritual warfare, and is nearing completion of another nonfiction book titled Broken Devil. It addresses the realities of spiritual warfare in the Christian context, and is based on his long experience, both on the giving and receiving ends.

For further information on that and other forthcoming publications, including the next installments in the Northern Edge Adventure Series, join his Reader’s Club by visiting his website: www.JamesEdwardOtis.com

Inquiries regarding author appearances, speaking engagements and seminars may be directed to James@JamesEdwardOtis.com.