James Carlos Blake

|birth_place=Tampico, Mexico |occupation=Writer |nationality=American |education=Saint Joseph Academy
University of South Florida (BA, MA)
Bowling Green State University (MFA) |parents=Carlos Sebastian Blake Hernandez
Estrella Maria Lozano Cano |awards=Japan Adventure Fiction Association Prize (2005) }} James Carlos Blake (born May 26, 1947) is an American writer of novels, novellas, short stories, and essays. His work has received extensive critical favor and several notable awards. He has been called “one of the greatest chroniclers of the mythical American outlaw life” as well as “one of the most original writers in America today and … certainly one of the bravest.” He is a recipient of the University of South Florida's Distinguished Humanities Alumnus Award and a member of the Texas Institute of Letters. Provided by Wikipedia