V J James is an engineer at the Vikram Sarabhai Space Centre. He is recipient of the Kerala Sahitya Akademi Award for Nireeshwaran in 2017. His debut literary outing, Purappadinte Pusthakam was the winning novel in the novel competition which was conducted as a part of the 25th anniversary celebration of DC Books in 1999. He has won Malayattoor Prize and Rotary Literary Award for Purappadinte Pusthakam Thoppil Ravi Award, Kerala Bhasha Institute Basheer Award in 2015 for Nireeshwaran.