John grew up in Los Angeles and has a BA from UCLA and JD from Loyola Law School. He has had a career as a marketing executive and is founder of GreatHouse Stories, a script and story consulting firm. John is a media and cultural critic as well as a novelist, screenwriter, photographer, filmmaker, musician and dioramist. A former Board Member and Marketing Director for the Palm Springs Writers Guild, he is Founder of  the Desert Screenwriting Group, one of the largest screenwriting groups in California. He is the author of four books and many published essays,...more