James Kelman was born in Glasgow, June 1946, and left school in
1961. He began work in the printing trade then moved around, working in
various jobs in various places. He was living in England when he started
writing: ramblings, musings, sundry phantasmagoria. He committed to it
and kept at it. In 1969 he met and married Marie Connors from South
Wales. They settled in Glasgow and still live in the dump, not far from
their kids and grandkids. He still plugs away at the ramblings, musings,
politicking and so on, supported by the same lady.