Beginner's Pluck
John planned to study journalism, but shortly before starting he had an accident, contracted MRSA, and ended up with a heart condition. In the two years he was sick, he got a taste for writing. At 21, he went to London to college, and since then he has been a teacher.
“I’d wanted to write for a while, but I kept making excuses. I didn’t tell anyone until the summer of 2005 or 6. From then, for the next two summers I sat down from 8am until 4pm each day and did it. I wrote whenever I could.”
