Order Of James Lear

James Lear, is the pen name for Rupert Smith who was born in Washington, DC in 1960 but grew up in Surrey and in 1978 moved to London where he has remained ever since. Finding a career in academics was not his forte, he looking into journalism where he remained for about a year where he wrote for a variety of weeklies, monthlies and dailies in the UK and other places.