James Everett Prewitt (born November 12, 1942) is an American novelist and former Army officer who served in the Vietnam War.

[1] Prewitt's debut novel, Snake Walkers,[2][3] won the Bronze award in the General Fiction category of ForeWord Magazine's Book of the Year Award.

In 2006, Snake Walkers was also honored by the Black Caucus of the American Library Association.

[4] It won First Place for Fiction at the Los Angeles Black Book Expo in March 2005 and 2nd place at the Independent Book Awards held in New York City in 2005.

[5] Snake Walkers also won first place in the USA Best Book Awards 2005.