John is a retired IBM marketing executive with a great deal of writing experience.
This work is John's second book; his first work: "What Happened to Grandpa? A child views the hereafter through the world's major religions", was published in 2009. Besides having written many internal documents for IBM, John has written a number of unpublished works including stories for his children and a number of poems. John has had a popular newspaper column, "Writing for the Halibut", since 2002; his column additionally appears in a number of Websites. John has a degree in mathematics from Hunter College in New York City and is a member of Pi Mu Epsilon, the Mathematics Honor Society. John has been called upon to be a guest lecturer at Harvard University.