About the Author

Born in San Francisco, John Granville Leonard (JGL) grew up in Chappaqua, NY and Walnut Creek, CA. He studied English literature at Willamette University and UC Berkeley, receiving a BA in Film Studies from University of California at Santa Barbara. For over 30 years, JGL worked as an advertising and marketing executive in San Francisco. In addition to doing pro bono charity work in his free time, he began to write screenplays. In 2013, JGL wrote a screenplay entitled A Second Chance, which he later expanded into the full-length novel, TONY TUCCI. Currently, he's working on a comedy/rant about Boomers and a sequel to TONY TUCCI. JGL lives in the California Sierra foothills with his wife and best friend/critic/awesome squirrel chaser, Rollie.