Fantasy and role-playing have been a life-long passion for James Lynch since he first played the Dungeons & Dragons game in 1985. Over the next ten years he was called upon more and more to perform as the dungeon master in his circle of friends. In 1995 Jim moved his hobby to the internet and began running online, chat-based campaigns with his friends. Traversing through several mediums including IRC and Open RPG, Jim's life changed again with the release of Neverwinter Nights. Several years were spent developing modules (including a full-length campaign) and persistent worlds (of which he started or was heavily involved with developing six).

Jim lives in a small Texas town with his family, where he loves to cook, ride motorcycles with his wife, and play in various MMORPGs with his friends, wife, and three children.