James Venhaus is the author of 18 plays including The Temple of Dionysus and Weird Sisters published by Playscripts, Inc. and, Stocking Stuffers, a collection of holiday-themed 10-minute plays published by Original Works Publishing. His Shakespeare adaptations for young actors, Romeo and Juliet at Verona High, and A Great Big Deal Over Nothing, also published by Playscripts, Inc. have been produced over 100 times in schools and theatres across the country and in nine other countries. His latest play, Bitterroot, an adaptation of Shakespeare's The tempest Is published by Eldridge Plays and Musicals.

He is also the creator/writer for The Night Owl Society, a graphic novel series published by IDW Publishing and available through Penguin Random House.