James Gregory is the creator, owner and operator of the paleo recipe sharing site, FastPaleo.com as well as the creator of PaleoPositivity.com, the first motivational paleo website, and author of Primal Deliverance: How paleo saved my life from addiction, And the five simple lessons I learned that will make anyone successful with paleo. He is an amateur fighter and assistant instructor at Cool Hearts Muay Thai in Philadelphia. James studied, lived and worked, for most of his twenties in Tokyo, and maintains his interest in Japan by keeping his Japanese translation business and love of Japanese film and food. He volunteers by mentoring a young boy with the Big Brothers Big Sisters. His first book, Anecdotal Japan is a short collection of stories about his time spent in the country. In addition to his love of writing, James enjoys pugs, sneakers, tattoos, cosplay, and cooking— all of the with the company of his lovely girlfriend, Melissa.