James Clancy Phelan

James Clancy Phelan (born 21 May 1979) is an Australian author, published as James Phelan. His first fiction novel, Fox Hunt, went into reprint in its first month. Phelan was born in Victoria, Australia. He was introduced to the world of books at an early age, with such works as The Hobbit, Treasure Island and The Jungle Book helping to inspire his overactive imagination. As a teenager, he read many thriller novels, like the work of Michael Crichton and Tom Clancy. In 1995, at the age of fifteen, he began his first novel and the character of the protagonist of Fox Hunt was born. After attending Eltham High School, he went on to study architecture and English literature and graduated with a Master of Arts in Writing from RMIT while...