John learned early that the world’s most perilous secrets often hide in plain sight – on a vinyl record, inside a dusty tome, or whispered down a cobblestone alley.  At Mount Saint Mary’s he double-majored in History and English while managing the campus radio station, producing a DJ show that blended music with sardonic skits, and strutting the stage of the student theater.  He later earned a JD from the University of Baltimore School of Law, then ran an indie bookstore before serving time at Borders Books & Music. A lifelong disciple of martial arts, John holds advanced ranks in several traditional martial arts and has extensive modern Combatives training under a notorious instructor.  With his brilliant wife and razor-sharp daughter at his side, he jets across the United States and Europe, chasing legends – infiltrating Salem’s Witchcraft scene, sweeping through America’s National Parks, storming historic battlefields, scanning the black waters of Loch Ness, and threading Edinburgh’s fog-bound, haunted lanes.  Each expedition adds a fresh leaf to his ever-growing compendium of tales, a private grimoire writ in midnight ink. Now holed up in a secure safe-house in Maryland – its walls lined with rare books, including at least four different, paperback editions of the Necronomicon – he waits for the next summons from the Unknown.  (He will neither confirm nor deny having met the enigmatic giant, Bigfoot.)