John Sims Jeter

John Sims Jeter (1940- ) was born and grew up in Birmingham, Alabama. After working as a mathematician and a professional structural engineer, John retired in 2005 in Tampa, Florida and in 2006 moved to Huntsville, Alabama, where he lives with his wife, Derelene..

His first published short story, "The Man Who Took Notes," appeared in the Spring & Fall 2004 Issue Numbers 55-56 of The Louisville Review. The story was nominated for 2005 Pushcart Prize XXIX. Another short story, "My Life as a Lid," appeared in the 2006-2007 Issue of Palm Prints, a literary journal at the University of South Florida.

John's first novel, "...and the angels sang," was published by Livingston Press and released to favorable reviews in April, 2007.

John's most recent book, "The End of a Perfect Death: Short Stories with a Thread of the Strange and Wonderful" was released in August of 2018 and appears on amazon.com . See amazon.com , as well as "Library Thing" for reviews—averaging over four stars. The work was published by Ardent Writer Press and is a collection of ten of John's short stories.

He also has a contract with Ardent Writer Press on a second novel, "All the Queen's Men: OR The Girl Who Rode Motorcycles." Release is scheduled for 2019

John has two entries in the anthology "Journeys of Huntsville: Celebrating the Bicentinneal of Alabama and the 50th Anniversary of the Moon Landing (1969)." One is a short story,"That Ol' Haint" and the other is "The Sims Settlement" a work of historical non-fiction. Both are set in what is now northern Alabama between 1807 and 1819. The anthology is available at amazon.com - released March 2019.

The author enjoys reading, writing, choral singing, playing bridge, listening to music of the 50s-70s, the blues, and classical music. He exercises with light yard work, stretches and flexibility, and non-competitive bicycling.