John was born in Atlanta, where he earned a BA in Anthropology, and has been a motion picture camera operator, a jazz pianist, a stock boy in a brassiere factory, a machinist, repairer of newspaper racks, and a printing-press operator. His first in the Mason Collins series was nominated for Barry Award, and he has received endorsements from the likes of Lee Child and Steve Berry. He divides his time between the U.S. and France, where he’s currently working on the fifth book in the Mason Collins series.
Author website: http://johnaconnell.com
Books in order of publication by series:
| Madness in the Ruins (Mason Collins # 1) | 2015 |
| Haven of Vipers (Mason Collins # 2) | 2016 |
| Bones of the Innocent (Mason Collins # 3) | 2019 |
| To Kill a Devil (Mason Collins # 4) | 2020 |
| Good Night, Sweet Daddy-O: A historical crime thriller | 2020 |
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