James was born England in May 1975, oldest child of Moira & Gary Punt, he spent his younger years in the town of Thunderley in Essex and finished school in 1991 wanting to study Zoology and work with animals but later that year dropped out of college because of grades. Over the next few years he found himself doing a string of different types of jobs including security jobs and working at a printing company. Till 1996 when he found a full time security role and then spent nineteen and a half years in the industry from establishing a reputation that moved him up into management then on to close protection, James is a great adventurer and loves the outdoor life and sports, In early 2014 after finishing his life in security and changing career he decided to finish writing his first book that he started in 2005.