John is an author, editor and poet living in the Maryland suburbs of Washington, D.C. He is the author of seven books of fiction and poetry, with several more books forthcoming. Spin, a screenplay co-written with Robbie Ribspreader, is currently in preproduction. John was a winner of the 2001 Fiction International Emerging Writers Competition; award nominations include the Bram Stoker Award, the Rhysling Award, and the Pushcart Prize.

His hobbies include travel, games of strategy, and collecting Hong Kong comic books. He has an intense interest in films. During the 1990's he kicked around in the D.C. industrial-electro-goth scene in the band Dead Letter Office and owned Rack and Ruin Studio. Currently he is a full-time member of the Bizarro literary community, functioning as an editor and author of poetry, nonfiction, and stories.

John is also a founding editor of Raw Dog Screaming Press, and their new imprint Two Backed Books. He spent four years as editor of The Dream People online literary journal of bizarro fiction and poetry and has edited several print anthologies. For more about bizarro art visit http://www.bizarrocentral.com. In addition to other freelance editing work, John recently he became literary director for the alt-culture site VivianViva.com.