James Leavey

James Leavey has been writing about cigars since 1995. A year later his first book, The Forest Guide to Smoking in London was published. He has since written about cigars for many publications including World Tobacco, Tobacco Reporter, Punch ('Sharing an ashtray'), Cigar Style and others. He also edited JJ Fox's occasional cigar newsletter, The Humidor, and The Harrods Pocket Guide to Fine Cigars. A regular contributor to several programmes on radio, he is also an occasional contributor to Matt Allan's weekly radio programme, Lighten Up! broadcast throughout the USA. In December 2015 he was awarded The Snow Queen Cigar Writer of the Year.