James Allen MitchellAs a young man, James Allen Mitchell traveled to Europe to write the next great American novel. After living in Portugal, he returned home with an unfinished manuscript and launched a career as a speechwriter. Next, he worked in Paris as an IBM execuive. After IBM, he rewrote Piccadilly Circus, the novel he began in Portugal forty years earlier. His most recent novels include Twice in a Lifetime and Sierra High. Read More Read Less