Henry James (Author) Henry James was born in 1843 in New York and died in London in 1916. In addition to many short stories, plays, books of criticism, autobiography and travel, he wrote some twenty novels, the first published being Roderick Hudson (1875). They include The Europeans, Washington Square, The Portrait of a Lady, The Bostonians, The Princess Casamassima, The Tragic Muse, The Spoils of Poynton, The Awkward Age, The Wings of the Dove, The Ambassadors and The Golden Bowl. Stephen Fender (External Editor) Stephen Fender was born in San Francisco and educated between the US and UK. He is currently Visiting Professor at University College London. His most recent books include Love, Sex, Death and Words: Surprising Tales from a Year in Literature, co-authored with John Sutherland, and The Great American Speech.