James Rouch has been a writer for twenty-two years. In that time he has had twelve books published. Three of them are novels of the Second World War. Tiger, set in Northern France during the breakout from the Normandy beach-head. The War Machines, set in North Africa and Gateway to Hell, dealing with the fighting for Monte Cassino in Italy. All went to reprints with several translation rights sold.

A series of nine novels entitled The Zone has comprised the rest of his output. Again on the subject of war their theme is an alternative near future where the Berlin Wall did not fall. Instead the cold war suffered meltdown. A war across Europe imploded, concentrating itself in a great contaminated swathe of territory slashed across the continent, a huge no-mans land, the Zone.

The novels were published in the UK and the USA. The series was also taken by Spain, with other translation rights sold.

James Rouch lives and works in the UK south coast resort and convention city of Bournemouth. Before becoming a successful author he worked in marketing and public relations within the motor and jewellery trades. His experience of life has been rounded off with spells as a bodyguard, the owner of a popular tourist pub' and as a salesman of everything from funeral vehicles to diamonds.