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About John Yearwood

John Yearwood lives in Austin with his wife and two small dogs. After his honorable discharge from the USAF in 1970, he completed his education at Tulane and The University of Texas. He taught in high schools and universities for thirty years, and was an award-winning journalist for fifteen years. He has published hundreds of editorials and columns and thousands of news stories, as well as academic works on the First Amendment and the extra-Constitutional powers of the Presidency during times of crisis. He retired in 2012 and now volunteers part-time helping elementary students improve their reading skills, and assisting refugee immigrants when he is not writing.

Former stringer for the New York Times, John Yearwood taught in high schools and universities for 30 years and was an award-winning journalist for 15 years. He has published hundreds of editorials and columns and thousands of news stories, as well as academic works on the First Amendment and the extra-Constitutional powers of the Presidency during times of crisis. Since retiring in 2012, he now volunteers helping elementary students improve their reading skills and assisting refugee immigrants when he is not writing.

He is the author of The Icarus Series: The Icarus Jump, The City and the Gate and The Gender of Fire; The Lie Detector App, which is set in modern California and follows the unfolding life of a genius kid who creates apps for the smartphone and discovers there is truth everywhere if you know how to look; and Jar of Pennies, a historical and cultural crime fiction novel set in a small town in East Texas. John lives in Austin with his wife and two small dogs.