John published six novels from 2001 to 2009. The books did well with young readers, winning a Christy award, several Carol Awards, a Silver Angel award, and placement on the New York Public Library’s Books for the Teen Age list.
In 2009 he put his writing career on hold, mainly because he was struggling with depression, but also because he needed to start a few software-as-service companies.
Now, after finally recovering from the Covid Pandemic, John has turned his attention to publishing the books he has written over the last 10 year.
Current projects include:
Slow Magic: Urban Fantasy / Paranormal Romance -- This is my baby, my magnus opus. All my friends agree: it's geeky and weird and very RFM (romance for men), but it's the best book I've ever written.
Evermore: Urban Fantasy / Paranormal Romance -- An outcast rural Minnesota discovers that she is a heretofore unknown shifter with the gift of music magic and that the chart-topping band, The Evermores, is comprised entirely of supernatural beings.
The Universe Hates Me: LitRPG / Romance -- Every time Liam falls asleep, he wakes up in an alien world. He has the once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to obtain power from an alien technology, but it only gives him the potential energy of one--the weakest ever recorded. In a desperate attempt to compensate for his weakness, he takes the legendary disadvantage, The Universe Hates Me. Now he has plenty of points to spend on gifts and skills, but now the universe is trying to kill him.
In addition to being a writer, John is also a software engineer, an entrepreneur, a game developer, and a Ph.D. biochemist. He lives in the SF Bay Area.
John's favorite books (that you might not have heard of): The Scarlet Pimpernel by Baroness Orczy, Beau Sabreur by P.C. Wren, The Rider by Edgar Rice Burroughs, The Prisoner of Zenda by Anthony Hope, The Belgariad by David Eddings, Beastly by Alex Finn, The Mad Scientists' Club by Bertrand R. Brinley, Eleanor & Park by Rainbow Rowell, The Black Witch by Laurie Forest, Stupid Fast by Geoff Herbach, For the Win by Cory Doctorow, to be continued...
John's recent favorites include: Super Supportive by Sleyca, Reincarnation Of The Strongest Sword God by Lucky Old Cat, to be continued...