Betsy James

James was born in Missouri, United States. She went to Mount Holyoke College as well as the University of Utah where she earned a degree in English. James works as a freelance writer and illustrator. She lives in Albuquerque, New Mexico. There she works on her books and teaches.^{[1][2][3][4][5][6]}

• Breathing Stone: Living Small in a Southwest Village^[7] (2023)

• What's That Room For? (1988)
• Natalie Underneath (1990)
• Long Night Dance (1989)
• Dark Heart (1992)
• Listening At the Gate (2006)
• Roadsouls (2016)

• Sandspurs and Sawgrass (2000)

• The Red Cloak (1989)
• The Dream Stair (1990)
• He Wakes Me (1991)
• Mary Ann (1994)
• The Mud Family (1994)
• Blow Away Soon (1995)
• Flashlight (1997)
• Tadpoles (1999)
• My Chair (2004)