About

JAMES H. PYLE – (Storyteller, Writer, Author)

• Novels (Commercial fiction)
• Short Stories
• Screenplays
• Commercials/Infomercials

 

Dan Brown solves occult puzzles,

Jodi Picoult is moved by young children with problems,

John Grisham is intrigued by legal shenanigans

P.D. James  solves murder mysteries.

“I am  fascinated by Revenge. Not the act itself, but the emotional and psychological stresses that drive otherwise rational people to extremes where the acts they perpetrate are carried out in ways defying detection and/or redress. The foundation of most stories is government absurdities and the unintended consequences of corrupt politicians passing self-serving laws.”

Read the premise of my current novel, CONTROLLING POWER, in the ‘Novels‘ section.

Sample short stories can be read in their entirety under the ‘SHORT STORIES’ tab, including an award winning  mystery surrounding a decomposed body found in a boat stored for the winter at a Maine boatyard.

CLEAN AIR/DIRTY MONEY is a recent award winning screenplay wherein a Texas conglomerate acquires a smaller NJ company solely to exploit the provisions of the Clean Air Act of 1990.

Check out  www.dutchwharf.com for a paid infomercial titled “A Passion for Wood” written, produced and narrated by Pyle.

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Pyle was born in Philadelphia, PA, and graduated from Penn State University with a degree in Petroleum & Natural Gas Engineering. While working in the California oil fields he attended Law School at USC in Los Angeles.

His professional career spanned the oil, aviation and telecommunications industries. Principal employers were Conoco, Exxon, RCA and Collins Radio Company. He then formed his own company, Alta Technology Inc. in collaboration with CGE, a large French conglomerate.  After selling that company, he started a business building gasoline dispensing systems.  In each endeavor, in various marketing or managerial roles, he traveled extensively throughout the world building the knowledge base for his current writings. Aviation, oil and the machinations of Wall Street bankers figure prominently in his work.

He currently lives with his wife, Suzanne, a nutritionist, in Black Rock, Connecticut, where he writes full time. They travel frequently throughout the Southwest U.S. and Caribbean while researching stories.