James Doyle is an award-winning author, teacher and journalist. He has authored fifteen books and collaborated on countless others. In 2013, he became only the second person from Ireland to win The International Reading Association’s Award in San Antonio, Texas for his ‘Young Scientist’s guide.’ James joined ‘Under the Hawthorn Tree’ author Marita Conlon McKenna as the sole Irish winners of the accolade.
He has devised numerous online and video-based learning resources for BBC Bitesize, the Guardian’s Learn things, StudySmart GCSE and Twig Education. He has written for The Times and The Guardian newspapers. In 2018 his tenth book, ‘Why can’t I feel the earth spinning?’ launched and he has now been translated into more than 20 languages. James had a regular monthly non-fiction column in the children’s magazine ‘The Scoop’ where he wrote alongside industry heavyweights such as Neil Gaiman, Michael Morpurgo, Malorie Blackman and Jaqueline Wilson to name just a few.
In 2021, he wrote his first children’s picture book ‘The Boy who chased Rainbows’ which has recently been made into an art exhibition. In the last few years, James has also moved into consultancy. His roles have included acting as Science or STEM adviser on ‘Nature in a nutshell’ for Magic Cat Publishing and ‘Over the Rainbow’ for Flying Eye Books. He has ghost-written world renowned Scientist Professor Luke O’Neill’s ‘What makes us Human?’ – A children’s version of Luke’s best-selling ‘Humanology’. He is currently a Lecturer in Education at Stranmillis Teaching College in Belfast.