Who Is John S. Cooney?

John S. Cooney is a man

John S. Cooney is a man. A man who writes.

Born in Lancaster, UK, John S. Cooney grew up in Northern Virginia. He graduated summa cum laude from the University of Virginia, where he wrote his senior thesis on William S. Burroughs and studied fiction writing under George Garrett, Sydney Blair, and John Casey. Ten years later, he is a web developer who lives in Chicago with his wife Bridget and an old dog named Elwood. He once kick-started a rental car inside the lion enclosure of a South African game park.

John S. Cooney is not photogenic, but he does believe in short bios.

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