Reina James (born 1947) is a British author. She has written two novels, the first of which won the Society of Authors’ McKitterick Prize in 2007.
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James was born in 1947, shortly after her parents arrived in the UK from South Africa. Her father was the actor Sid James. During her teenage years she played in a folk group before marrying and starting a family.[1][2] In her late 20s she appeared in the stage play John, Paul, George, Ringo … and Bert by Willy Russell, and later appeared in Russell's musical Blood Brothers.[1]
Having worked since the 1980s as an astrological counsellor,[3] James published her first novel, This Time of Dying in 2007, which won the Society of Authors’ McKitterick Prize, awarded for the best first novel by a writer over the age of 40.[1] Her second novel, The Old Joke, was published in 2009.[1][4]
James has been married to Mike Reinstein, a musician, since 1991, and has one son and one grandchild.[1]