Caillen James was born in South Bend, Indiana in 1990 and has lived all over the US from Atlanta to Seattle. Caillen began writing in elementary school as a way to overcome Dyslexia. In high school Caillen began publishing poetry and, not long after, became a self-published author. Caillen James spends most days writing and reading various novels, but what she enjoys most is being wrapped tightly around her two children's tiny little fingers.