Jeremy James

Born in Kenya in 1949, educated at the Royal Agricultural College, Cirencester and University of Wales, Jeremy James spent most of his early life working with horses and cattle in Africa and the Middle East.

In 1987, he wrote his first ook, Saddletramp, the story of his horseback adventure from Turkey to Wales, which was followed in 1991 by Vagabond.

In the early 1990s he was Turkish correspondent for several broadsheets and magazines, and in 1992 was commissioned by the International League for the Protection of Horses to write about their work in Debt of Honour.

In 2005 he wrote The Byerley Turk, the extraordinary true story of the founding sire of the modern racehorse.

Jeremy lives in Shropshire where he now writes full-time for his living.