John A. Connell

John A. Connell is a 2016 Barry Award nominee and the author of the Mason Collins series. He was born in Atlanta then grew up in Ohio, New York and Virginia before ending up in Atlanta again at the age of 13. He has a BA in Anthropology, and has been a jazz pianist, a stock boy in a brassiere factory, a machinist, repairer of newspaper racks, and a printing-press operator. He then moved to Los Angeles to work as a motion picture camera operator for film and TV, where he worked as a cameraman on films such as Jurassic Park and Thelma and Louise and on TV shows including NYPD Blue and The Practice. John and his wife spend their time between the U.S. and France.

He is a member of the International Thriller Writers, Mystery Writers of America, and International Association of Crime Writers.

John loves to hear from readers, so please feel free to contact him. john@johnaconnell.com