James Lawless was born in Dublin and divides his time between Kildare and West Cork. A first novel, Peeling Oranges, was published in 2007. His book on modern poetry, Clearing The Tangled Wood: Poetry as a way of seeing the world, for which he received the Cecil Day Lewis arts bursary award, was published in 2009, as was his second novel For Love of Anna. His current novel, Avenue 2010, was published by Wordsonthestreet.
