debut Author

My Story

Wendy James has always been full of life, passion, and creativity.

From her teenage years, Wendy harboured a deep dream of becoming a writer. Creative writing was always a shining moment in her school days. Friends as far back as Diego Martin Girl’s Primary became her very first audience. While classmates at St. Francois Girl’s College enjoyed her early “publications,” lovingly glued together from copybooks.

A Writers Workshop ad posted at NALIS Port-of-Spain in late 2022 was just the sign Wendy needed coming out from the harshness of the pandemic. A fun-loving wife and mother of four, she began to see her dream more clearly and pursue it fiercely.

At the end of the 12-Week programme in self-publication, despite the connections made and valuable knowledge gained, experience and expertise would still require time and patience. Over the next three years, whenever her 9-5 job as a Sales Executive permitted, Wendy continued to fine tune her writing skills with research and practice.

Enjoying her non-frivolous forties, in her hometown of Diego Martin, she was able to become a self-published author in 2025. The support, love, and guidance from friends and family have never been short in supply, and her book launch was a humbling success and a peek into a world she’d thought out of reach.

An avid reader and massage therapist, she has always enjoyed local and Caribbean authors but now holds a different revere for them, having gone through the process.

Her work is fiction-based and, though seemingly inspired by mundane random ideas, under the surface her works reflect issues that affect and shape our culture: as art imitates life and life…happens.

You can find Wendy in NALIS Diego Martin or Starbucks Couva typing away at a manuscript or reading something recommended by Kavita.

Highlights

LoreFolk… Out from the Shadows is the first book in a series on local folklore. Writing it reawakened my love for the supernatural as I reintroduced these characters to the young adults in the Caribbean. Based in the 21st century, LoreFolk is set against a modernised urban society, where these creatures live alongside humans.