James Gault

James Gault, prize winning writer born in Scotland, has retired to SW France after spending ten years in the Czech Republic . There he enjoys the sunshine, writes novels, short stories and English Language textbooks.

He has written six novels, all available on Amazon as e-books and paperbacks:

One O’ Rabbie’s Bairns A comical political satire on post Brexit Scotland

The year is 2030. The UK has left the EU, and Scotland has left the UK. As the isolated rump of Britain struggles through the deepest economic recession in living memory, an Independent Scotland begins to thrive once more. The English government glares across the border with a jealous eye. For a thousand years it has fought and schemed to get and keep the proud Scottish nation under its thumb. Will it leave her in peace this time? Chance would be a fine thing, eh?

Scottish Finance minister Willie Kemp takes a young English journalist under his wing and persuades her to cooperate on his biography. But events overtake them, and they are soon involved in a murky world of political intrigue, lies and deception - typical Westminster politics exported to Edinburgh.

A biting satire that explores the machinations, stupidity and downright lies that typify the world of politics. That lampoons those ‘great’ men and women who claim to govern us all in the interest of the people. Interests of the people? Little chance o’ that, eh?

A Flower in the Wind A political thriller set in a USA run by a Trump-like president

Two naïve young lovers, Hoa Le and Tim Nguyen, are drawn into a web of political intrigue with tragic consequences. They travel between Singapore, USA and London trying to their best to make the world a better place, but they have no real clue to what they are involved in, who they are involved with or what lies in wait for them.

In addition to her beauty, Hoa Le had had the misfortune to have been gifted with both intelligence and compassion, and this would be her downfall.

Best Intelligence, is a detective thriller set in Glasgow, France and Spain.

Why are Scottish/Glaswegian cops the best? Not since Taggart ruled the Mean City have we had the pleasure of the polis dealing with the wee scumbags on their manor (to use a London term). There's none of that fancy Edinburgh/Oxbridge Detecting or Midsummer Murders here. This is a tale of double dealing, drugs, death, and deception with a hefty side order of paranoia to boot. From the depths of the Gorbals to the vineyards of France and the Spanish Costas Charlie Best shares DNA with the much missed Taggart. He gets things done, but is no friend of the brass, so when he inherits a windfall he is gone faster than a bottle of Bucky at a sixteenth birthday party. But will Glasgow let him go? There's an old tune that goes "I belong to Glasgow, Dear old Glasgow Town." and Charlie belongs to Glasgow when the local criminals pop up on the Costas he can't just retire and let it go - he has to go back - he is polis after all. Its a great story which had me guessing from the beginning. (Its taken me a while to read but that's no fault of the book, I have been busy.) Its a recommended read for all you Weegie lovers out there. }

He also produces the on-line literary magazine Vox Lit with monthly notes by writers for writers and readers, news, features (short stories, poems and extracts from novels.)

Other books:

Teaching Tania (Young Tania tries to put the world to rights with the help of her English teacher - a comic detective story)

Ogg (Supernatural being tries to teach teenage Antonia how to think rationally as they try to save the world from destruction - comic philosophical thriller)

The Redemption of Anna Petrovna (Young woman in ex-communist country tries to build a career in a totally corrupt society - political psychological thriller

As well as ELT books and his novels, he has written short stories published in various reviews and magazines. In 2007, he won the writing prize from the British Czech and Slovak Society for his short story 'Old Honza's Day Out'.

In his time James has been an IT specialist, a businessman and a teacher as well as a writer, and has traveled extensively throughout Europe. He has worked with and taught English to students of many nationalities. He has an international outlook on life and his writing reflects both this and his other interests.

Apart from writing, his passions are politics, philosophy, film making, computer system development and his grandchildren.