Jim Aitchison

Jim Aitchison aka James Lee
James Lee at a book signing.
Born	1947 (age 69–70) Australia
Pen name	James Lee and David Carrick
Occupation	Author
Residence	Singapore
Nationality	Singaporean
Period	1998 to present
Genre	Horror and Mystery
Notable works	Mr. Midnight and Mr. Mystery
Website
flameoftheforest.com

Jim Aitchison (born 1947), better known by his pen name James Lee, is a Singaporean author.

Born in Australia, Aitchison is currently a Singapore Permanent Resident, having lived in Singapore since 1983. Before he became a full-time writer, Aitchison was a voice actor, and creative director of an advertising agency. He also published books on business and advertising.

Aitchison's earliest work was a script for Grace Gibson Radio Productions under the pseudonym David Carrick called Under Her Spell. While working for an advertising agency, Aitchison penned the first two episodes over a long weekend and slipped them under the office door. Grace's assistant Reg James passed them on to Grace who put them in production. The serial lasted 130 episodes and starred Fay Kelton, James Condon and Diana Perryman.

Under the pseudonym of James Lee, Aitchison's Mr. Midnight book series has captivated young readers since 1998, with over 3 million copies sold. The books are horror fiction stories with different characters featured in each book. Readers are invited to send in their stories, which Aitchison then fleshes out in his books. His publisher, Flame Of The Forest Publishing, came up with the idea of publishing an Asian series of horror and suspense stories for children, using Asian names and backdrops. It wanted to provide children in the region with reads that they could identify with, a change from books from the West that centred on white children. The Mr. Midnight series is sold in Singapore and other Asian countries such as Malaysia, Hong Kong, China, Thailand, Indonesia and Vietnam.