James J. Griffin
- This article is about the author; for other James Griffins or Jimmy Griffins see James Griffin (disambiguation).
James J. Griffin (born 1949) is an author of traditional western and Texas Ranger novels. Some of his series include the Jim Blawcyzk Texas Ranger stories, Cody Havlicek novels, the A Ranger Named Rowdy series. and the Lone Star Ranger series of Young Adult western novels. He is also a contributor to the Western Fictioneers' collaborative series, Wolf Creek.
Griffin is a graduate of Notre Dame High School in West Haven, CT and Southern CT State University in New Haven, CT. He is a lifelong horseman, Western enthusiast, and amateur historian of the Texas Rangers. He has contributed an extensive collection of Texas Ranger artifacts to the Texas Ranger Hall of Fame and Museum in Waco, Texas. He is a member of the Western Writers of America and Western Fictioneers. He spends much time in the United States West, researching his books. When not traveling out West, Griffin currently divides his time between Branford, CT and Keene, NH.