Background
Saint James grew up within the Washington metropolitan area in Northern Virginia.
Saint James grew up within the Washington metropolitan area in Northern Virginia.
She was raised Catholic. Saint James has a Bachelor of Arts degree in Theatre with a concentration in Film. At age 27, she moved to Los Angeles to pursue a career in the mainstream entertainment industry.
She worked as an actress in films and television shows and has directed small mainstream projects as well.
She also worked in online advertising for over 13 years. After researching The Romance Series, she discovered that New Sensations was doing a writing contest for the series.
Adult film director Eddie Powell gave her advice on how to write a porn script after she contacted him on Twitter. Powell directed the film and New Sensations released it in June 2011.
Some of Saint James"s most notable works are Torn, The Temptation of Eve, and The Submission of Emma Marx.
That same year, Saint James began to direct mostly for Digital Sin"s Tabu Tales, a line with plots featuring sex between stepfamily members.
She entered the contest in 2011 and her script, Dear Abby, won. Saint James also won Best Screenplay for the film at the 2012 AVN Awards. She co-directed Torn with Eddie Powell and it won the AVN Award for Best Romance Release in 2013, the year in which the category was first created. In 2014, The Temptation of Eve and The Submission of Emma Marx won AVN Awards for Best Romance Movie and Best BDSM Movie, respectively.