Born and raised in Eastern Canada, John moved to the UK to study the poetry of Keats, and in 2009 received a PhD from the University of St. Andrews. He lives in London, England.John is the author of the Ravenmaster trilogy. At the height of the Blitz, 12-year-old Anna Cooper is sent to live with her uncle, the Ravenmaster at the Tower of London, and discovers that the fate of the kingdom is in her hands. Book 1, These Dark Wings, is released on 11 February 2016, from Head of Zeus, UK.John’s first novel, The Conspirators, follows Gavrilo Princip and his school friends as they plot the assassination of the Archduke Franz Ferdinand (2014, Remarkable Books).If On a Winter's Night a Fox is a passionate defence of urban foxes, exploring the fox’s role in folklore and culture from Roman Times to modern London (2014, Remarkable Books).
