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Brendan James (born Brendan James Beck Daniel) is a writer and storyteller currently residing in Wroclaw, Poland.

Early Life
James was born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania on April 8, 1983. He grew up in Uniontown, Pennsylvania, 45 miles outside of Pittsburgh.

Following the outbreak of the Iraq War in 2003, James joined the United States Navy submarine fleet. He completed basic training at Naval Station Great Lakes before completing school and serving at Naval Submarine Base New London in Connecticut. He was discharged in 2006 for complications from pneumonia. He never once set foot on a boat.

The University Years
James graduates with a B.A. in Political Science from the University of North Carolina at Greensboro in 2013. He received his M.A. in Russian, Eurasian and East European Studies from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill in 2015.