James Flaherty was a writer/creative director of major advertising agencies in NYC and Buenos Aires. He was then the innkeeper/owner of Troutbeck for many years, a high-end conference center & coun...ver maisJames Flaherty was a writer/creative director of major advertising agencies in NYC and Buenos Aires. He was then the innkeeper/owner of Troutbeck for many years, a high-end conference center & country inn. He is a widower but has two excellent daughters and four grandsons, two in the US, two in the UK. A native of Coral Gables, Florida, except for his years in Argentina (& 17 years part-time in Mexico) he has always lived in New York state.ver menos