- Birth nameJames C. McGlynn
- Jim McGlynn is known for Toughing It Out (1976) and Traveller (1997).
- Original screenplay for Traveller (1997) received the prestigious Nicoll Fellowship.
- The author spent a number of years as a writer and producer at Boston's renown public television: WGBH
- Is a classic guitar enthusiast.
- Worked as a producer for ESPN, handling such events as the Kentucky Derby and the American Soccer League championships.
- Hosted the panel discussion, titled "Surviving the Sophomore Effort," at the 1999 Nantucket Film Festival. The panelists were Davidlee Willson, Dan Brown (I), Jerry Takovsky, and Xachery Irving.
- On researching different wandering groups of con artists for his screenplay, Traveller (1997): "Their lives were virtually indistinguishable from that of their Scottish counterparts, but their purely Celtic ethnicity opened the door to the idea of a possible turf war between two essentially similar, though also essentially distinct, outlaw groups."
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