Jim McAnna grew up in Dykehead, Shotts, a town in Lanarkshire, Scotland. He was educated at St.Patrick’s Primary, Shotts, and Our Lady’s High School, Motherwell. He graduated BSc. Hons in Psychology from University of Glasgow. He has been a computer consultant, having worked for several blue chip companies, where he specialized in corporate computer networks. He enjoys travelling and hopes to win the lottery one day! “Once a Shotts Man Always a Shotts man!”