James Hall

James Hall was born in Kentucky. He teaches in the Creative Writing Programme at Florida International University in Miami. James Hall was born in Kentucky. He teaches in the Creative Writing Programme at Florida International University in Miami. He is the author of four books of poetry and seventeen novels including Under Cover Daylight, Tropical Freeze, Bones of Coral, Hard Aground, Mean High Tide and Dead Last. Several of the novels have been optioned for film and Hall has written screenplays for two of those projects. His novels have been Book-of-the-Month and Literary Guild selections. He was a Fulbright professor of literature in Spain and is a professor of literature and writing at Florida International University. Hall has won both the Edgar Award and the Shamus.