James Barney is a trial lawyer in Washington, D.C. and a former nuclear submarine officer. He graduated from the U.S. Naval Academy in 1990 with a degree in chemistry and from Yale Law School in 1999. His first novel, THE GENESIS KEY, is a fast paced techno-religious thriller about the discovery of an ancient gene that has the power to change the world forever. James lives in McLean, Virginia with his wife and two children.