James C. Ellerbe was born and currently lives in New Jersey with his wife. He graduated from Hackensack High School and Gibbs College (formerly in Livingston, New Jersey) with an Associates Degree in Computer Network Administration. He is also the owner of Not Enough Words LLC founded in 2014.

He has appeared on BET’s Buy The Book and a non-taped edition of the world-renowned Showtime at the Apollo showcase in which he and other poets helped promote the first spoken word event at a venue called Poetic Battles. He represented the New Jersey team for this event. He also performed at the Kola Note (Site of Montreal, Canada Jazz festival), Elizabeth High School, Rutgers University, NJIT, Fairleigh Dickinson University, and Sarah Lawrence College, and appeared on WLIB Radio NYC.

James was also a finalist for the 2017 Indie Author Legacy Award for Poet of the Year and featured author at the BCCLS BooksNJ 2015 and 2017 Book Festivals at Paramus Library in Paramus, NJ. He also wrote and co-produced his three-act play, A Dream Preserved. Beyond the Event Horizon is his first book of poetry (2015). Pulsar is his first spoken word album released by Not Enough Words LLC (2018).

Recently his work is featured in the anthology On the Verge: Poets of the Palisades III published by The Poet's Press (2020). He has also conducted workshops on writing poetry and self-publishing for students and future authors and is the founder of www.NJPoetryEvents.com --a central hub for poetry events, festivals, and workshops in NJ. His creed is to help people "Find a way with words."