Interview Session

James Allen Johnson was born in Berry a small farming rural town in the U.S. State of Alabama. James’ early years where certainly lean, but not dirt poor in comparison to some households back then. Coming from a large family of eight, all of whom had to work on the local white owned farms picking cotton and vegetables to support the family taught James a fundamental lesson in life, that being if you want something then you have to earn it by doing an honest day’s work. His father David worked in a nearby steel mill, his mother Kathleen worked as a domestic for one of the local white farmer’s families, so the family was slightly better off financially as opposed to those that relied solely on farm work. Like most black African Americans from the deep American South, the role of the church and God’s standing both back then and now played and still play a key fundamental part of both James’ family and community life. James’ faith is partly responsible for the coming about of this book, but I make it very clear this book is an alien adventure.

James currently lives in Tuscaloosa Alabama with his wife of forty-one -years Beatrice. He has three grown up children. James required a BSc in Accounting from the University of Alabama, with a further MBA. He runs his own business now that he is officially a retired civil service employee who was involved in the financial regulator side of things. Over here in the UK accountants or financial experts are commonly known as ‘Number Crunchers,’ no doubt, in the USA a similar term of endearment is attached to those in that line of profession. 

James has written numerous books but, ‘An American Abduction’ is his first published work that he put out last year so let’s briefly turn to the book.

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