John J Desjarlais

John Desjarlais, a former producer for Wisconsin Public Radio, taught college composition and creative writing for 25 years. His novels include The Throne of Tara (Crossway 1990, a Christianity Today Readers’ Choice Award nominee), Relics (Thomas Nelson 1993, a Doubleday Book Club Selection), Bleeder, Viper, and Specter (Chesterton Press, 2008, 2011, 2015). Blood of the Martyrs and other stories, released through Amazon Kindle Select in 2012, contains short fiction that previously appeared in literary journals such as Critic, The Karitos Review, On Being, The Rockford Review, Apocalypse, Conclave, Lit Noir, and Dappled Things. A member of Mystery Writers of America, the North Carolina Writers Network, and The Catholic Writers Guild, he has been listed in Who’s Who in Entertainment, Contemporary Authors, and Who’s Who Among America’s Teachers.