John grew up in a small town in Massachusetts, spent much of his life in the New York City area, and now lives in Florida. Inspired by Lynn, his wife of forty-four years, he pursued the dream of becoming an established author and has written seven suspense thrillers. John and Lynn love to travel, and the experiences of those travels, complemented by things he learned from degrees from Rutgers University, The New School, and New York University, buttressed by a lifelong passion for learning and a love of history, find their way into his writing. John’s reading tastes are eclectic, ranging from histories to classic novels to an occasional piece of modern trash. His absolute “must reads” are Harper Lee’s To Kill a Mockingbird, John Steinbeck’s Grapes of Wrath, J.K. Rowling’s Harry Potter series, and Doris Kearns Goodwin’s No Ordinary Time.