James Bradley

Bestselling Author, Flags of Our Fathers and Flyboys

James Bradley burst onto the national scene as an author in 2000 with his New York Times #1 bestseller book Flags of our Fathers. The New York Times called it "the surprise runaway nonfiction best seller of the season." Steven Spielberg acquired the movie rights.

Flags of our Fathers is about the six boys who raised the American flag on Iwo Jima. The photograph is the most reproduced photo in history. James' father, John Bradley, was one of the six Iwo Jima flagraisers.
James' second book FLYBOYS is also a New York Times bestseller. FLYBOYS is the secret story of eight American flyboys who were beheaded on the island next to Iwo Jima in World War II. The ninth Flyboy got away. His name is George Bush.

Publisher's Weekly magazine has determined that FLYBOYS was the 16th best-selling book of 2003. Steven Spielberg/Tom Hanks/HBO acquired the movie rights.

James is a professional motivational speaker who has moved thousands of listeners all over the world.
James is President of the James Bradley Peace Foundation, which fosters understanding between America and Asia. The foundation sends American students to Japan and China to study.

James was raised in Wisconsin, studied at the University of Notre Dame, Sophia University in Tokyo, Japan and graduated with a degree in East Asian History from the University of Wisconsin. Before becoming an author James produced corporate films. He has traveled the world, living and working in more than 40 countries for nearly a decade. He has run companies in five countries. He has jumped out of airplanes at 15,000 feet, has scuba-dived in deep waters worldwide, trekked to Mount Everest's base camp and walked among lions in Africa. He is an avid reader of history, enjoys discovering exotic cuisine, cliff diving, golfing and snow skiing.

James is working on his third book The China Mirage (2007) and is probably in Shanghai as you read this.