James Michael Sonia is a Horror Fiction writer who grew up in West Newton, Massachusetts. From an early age, he fostered a love of reading and storytelling, particularly in the horror genre. He grew up on the old classic Universal Monster movies, Godzilla movies, and a multitude of 80s horror films. James graduated in 2017 from Newton North High School and attended Plymouth State University. He began writing seriously in high school with encouragement from his English teachers and completed several short stories. While in High School, he began developing an idea for a horror story that combined several characters that he had created in earlier short stories. As he continued his education at PSU, he completed his first novel, Broken Fate.