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Biography
James L. Nelson (born 1962) is an American historical nautical novelist.
Early life
He was born in Lewiston, Maine in 1962. In 1980, Nelson graduated from Lewiston High School. He attended the University of Massachusetts Amherst, Amherst, Massachusetts for two years, and then transferred to UCLA, with the ambition of becoming a film director.
Personal life
Nelson, his wife, Lisa, their daughters Elizabeth and Abbey and their sons, Nathaniel and Jonathan, live in Harpswell, Maine, where Nelson continues to write full-time. He is also the past Skipper of Sea Scout Ship 243, out of Maine Maritime Museum, in Bath.
Awards
He received the W.Y. Boyd Literary Award for Excellence in Military Fiction from the American Library Association in 2004 for his novel, Glory In The Name: A Novel of the Confederate Navy.