Biography
JAMES SHEEHAN was born and raised in New York City and grew up in a four-room railroad apartment with his five brothers and sisters and his mum and dad. His dad was a bus driver for the City of New York and had numerous second and third jobs, working as a bartender, private chauffeur, and even ushering at Yankee Stadium. From the age of twelve, Sheehan shone shoes at a local shoe repair shop, and by fourteen, he had a newspaper route. He worked at a local delicatessen after school, at an antique store, as a short-order cook through his college years, and as a roofer’s assistant while attending grad school in Florida. His experiences growing up in New York have shaped his life.