Wendy James is a singer-songwriter, best known for her lead singer role in the late 1980s pop band, Transvision Vamp. She is currently the singer in the band Racine.

When the decision had been made for Transvision Vamp to split Wendy wrote a letter to Elvis Costello, asking for guidance and in response Costello wrote a full album's worth of material for her. These songs became the tracks on her solo album entitled Now Ain't the Time for Your Tears (1993).