James A Ardaiz

James A. Ardaiz is a former prosecutor, judge, and Presiding Justice of the California Fifth District Court of Appeal. Ardaiz graduated from the University of California Hastings College of Law in 1974 and was admitted to the California State Bar the same year. In addition to writing Hands Through Stone , Ardaiz is also the author of Fractured Justice and Shades of Truth , the first two novels in Ardaiz's Matt Jamison mystery series. And in 2021 he published Tears of Honor , a sweeping novel...See more

James A. Ardaiz is a former prosecutor, judge, and Presiding Justice of the California Fifth District Court of Appeal. Ardaiz graduated from the University of California Hastings College of Law in 1974 and was admitted to the California State Bar the same year. In addition to writing Hands Through Stone , Ardaiz is also the author of Fractured Justice and Shades of Truth , the first two novels in Ardaiz's Matt Jamison mystery series. And in 2021 he published Tears of Honor , a sweeping novel which follows the lives of two Japanese American soldiers who fought against Nazi tyranny in Europe, while their families were imprisoned in America. Ardaiz resides in Fresno, California. See less