Novel: The Cut
Available through the publisher at Beachhousebooks.com
John Evans is a native of Bangor, Pa. Upon graduating from Bloomsburg State College, he took a job as an English teacher in Mechanicsburg, Pa. After four years of teaching, John moved to New York City for a brief time and returned to the Lehigh Valley to accept a teaching position in Lopatcong Township, New Jersey where he was named Teacher of the Year for 2006. John recently ended his teaching career to become a full-time writer.
Although his current focus is fiction, he also has a special interest in Mark Twain. In 1993, University Press of America published his first book, A Tom Sawyer Companion, which draws a parallel between The Adventures of Tom Sawyer and Twain’s personal adventures as a boy. He has also written personal essaysand articles. “Getting the Bugs out of Tom Sawyer,” a humorous look at an entomologist obsessed with insects mentioned by Twain, was published in McGraw Hill’s 2000 edition of Tom Sawyer. He has also reviewed books for the Mark Twain Forum, an on-line website consisting primarily of Twain scholars who share an interest in Twain’s life and writing. Recently, John has turned his energies to writing fiction. In 2003, his first novel, The Cut, was published by Beachhouse Books to favorable reviews. He is currently writing a second novel whose working title is A Sure Thing.
He lives in the Bangor area with his wife, Deborah, a daughter Kai, and a variety of pets.
