James Neil Sites was born on March 20, 1924, and died on October 10, 2015.

He was an American novelist.

James was born in 1924 in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.

He served 3½ years in the United States Merchant Marine during World War II, mainly in the North Atlantic and the Mediterranean.

James was a journalism graduate of Wayne State in Michigan and a member of the Wayne Honorary Society.

His career includes being a power plant engineer, reporter, editor, publisher, Eisenhower Fellow, Washington public relations/editorial counsellor and government official during the Gerald Ford administration.

James passed away at age 91 in Oslo, Norway in October 2015.