John was brought up in Glen Rock, NJ and attained a Liberal Arts Education through study of the Classics, Philosophy and Political Science at St. Michael's College in Vermont. He went on to take additional study in his fields of interest on campus at Seton Hall University, USC, Notre Dame University and Farleigh Dickinson University for Psychology, University of Vermont for Music and most recently Screenwriting at UCLA. Currently residing in San Diego, CA, he has traveled the world and completed many screenplays and books on such diverse subjects as classical music, psychology, history, archeology, philosophy, opera, science, bigotry, politics and war.