James BrooksAn award-winning feature writer and columnist, James Brooks began writing for the Johnson City Press with a story on the Limestone Volunteer Fire Department in 1986; in 2001, he published a novel, Comeback of the Bears. He has traveled much of the wold on bird-watching trips and met his wife, Janeth, in the Philippines in 2005. They live with two cats at Bear Run, near Jonesborough, the setting for his column, The Wild Life. Read More Read Less