James Cummins (author)
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James Cummins at Edzna archaeological site
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| Born |
December 13, 1981 Grande Cache, Alberta |
| Occupation | Business executive and author |
| Nationality | Canadian |
| Education | Bachelor of Arts |
| Alma mater | Concordia University |
| Genre | fiction, nonfiction, history, stage plays |
| Notable works | Ambrosia: About a Culture |
| Notable awards | 2009 Canadian Authors Association's BookTelevision Emerging Writer Award |
James Cummins (born December 13, 1981) is a Canadian author and businessperson. In 2009 Cummins was awarded the Canadian Authors Association's BookTelevision Emerging Writer Award for his book Ambrosia: About a Culture. He began his professional writing career as a playwright in 2000 and has published books on Electronica music, legal history, business, spirituality, and philosophy. Cummins is a graduate of both the Victoria School of Performing and Visual Arts and Concordia University.
His works include co-authoring the autobiography of House music inventor Jesse Saunders House Music... The Real Story, The Midas Touch: Counterfeit Stock, Naked Short Selling & Selling America Short (a history of stock market activism in the lead up to the Great Recession of 2008), and God Goes to Work: New Thought Paths to Prosperity and Profits. He was also the sole author for books including The Knotted Road and The Journal: 60 years of people, prose, and publication - a history of the McGill Law Journal.
Cummins was born in Grande Cache, Alberta on December 13, 1981, and was a competitive swimmer during his youth. He also worked as a model, and his first television appearance was as an on-stage escort for the contestants of the Canadian Search for Miss Universe 1998, broadcast by the CBC. He then attended the Victoria School of Performing and Visual Arts in Edmonton, Alberta, followed by the Concordia University College of Alberta for undergraduate studies, where he served as Editor-in-Chief of the campus newspaper the Blue and White and stage-manager for several of the university's stage productions. Cummins graduated from Concordia University in Montreal with a BA in philosophy and a minor in political science, having previously lived in both St. Albert and Sherwood Park.
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