"I like being entertained," the author said, "so I realize my first responsibility as a storyteller is to entertain the reader. I try to create interesting characters and imaginative plots and have them spiral and wrap around each other upward in an inverted pyramid as the story develops," the writer noted. "I want each novel to be a fun reading experience for its targeted audience." Jay Dubya has had many literary influences including Kurt Vonnegut, Jack London, Arthur Conan Doyle, Edgar Allan Poe, O. Henry, H.G. Wells and Mark Twain. "I owe a lot to my deceased literary mentors and especially to Kurt Vonnegut's 'Breakfast of Champions'," the author admitted.

Birth Place: Hammonton, NJ USA

Accomplishments: The author was a New Jersey' English teacher for thirty-four years prior to retiring in 1999. Jay Dubya has been nominated to "Who's Who Among American Teachers" four times. John's Author webpage at ebookpalace.com has won the prestigious "Golden Web Award" given by the International Association of Webmasters and Web Designers. The webpage can be viewed at: http://ebookpalace.com/authors/dubya/index.html
Seven of Jay Dubya's ebooks have broken into the Amazon.com Top 100 in Sales Ranking and two have cracked into the Amazon co.de (Germany) Top 100

Enchanta
Two children are flown by Pegasus to reunite a wizard with his three magical sons. The six crusaders lead a daring raid into Beneathia to rescue Wisher's wife, Queen Hope. The four magicians defeat the Beneathians in a series of very funny battles. Enchanta rose to a Sales Ranking of #117 in Adobe Reader at Amazon.com on May 23, 2003

Jay Dubya has written a young adult fantasy trilogy for children ages eight to thirteen that adults will also enjoy reading. The three books are Pot of Gold, Enchanta and Space Bugs, Earth Invasion. John has also written two collections of short stories/novellas featuring sci-fi and paranormal plots and themes, Pieces of Eight and Pieces of Eight, Part II. The author has produced three adult novels, "Black Leather and Blue Denim, A '50s Novel (147,000 words), its sequel "The Great Teen Fruit War, A 1960' Novel" (162,000 words)and Ron Coyote, Man of La Mangia (125,000 words) where the author becomes Sir Vantes. Jay Dubya's e-books are published in the U.S. by ebookmall.com, ebookstand.com, cyberread.com, ebooks-for-sale.com and by ebooksonthe.net. The author's e-books are e-published in Australia by ebookland.com, ozonebooks.com and by Zeus Publications. Electricebookpublishing distributes and sells the author's works in Canada. Ebookstand.com also has Print-On-Demand paperback copies of eight of Jay Dubya's ebooks. "I know it sounds odd," the writer stated, "but good non-fiction must read like it's fiction, and good fiction must read like it's non-fiction." Ebookstand.com has recently e-published the "The Great Teen Fruit War, A 1960' Novel," which is the sequel to "Black Leather and Blue Denim, A '50s Novel." Chapters 4-9 (first draft) of "The Great Teen Fruit War, A 1960' Novel" can be read at authorsden.com under the category headings Action/Adventure, Short Stories. Seven of Jay Dubya's books can be viewed at one website: http://www.ebookmall.com/authors/jaydubya/ Cyberread.com and ebookmall.com offer Jay Dubya's work in Microsoft Reader and Adobe Acrobat formats. http://www.cyberread.com/authors/dubya.asp All ten of the writer's books are now at Mobipocket (type in Jay Dubya at author on main menu). All twelve of the author's books are now available at Amazon.com, Borders and Barnes and Noble. Type in Jay Dubya. The latest two satires are titled "The Wholly Book of Genesis" and "The Wholly Book of Exodus." The two books are humorous critiques on the first two books of the Old Testament. Jay Dubya's eleventh e-book, Pieces of Eight, Part III will be out in June of 2002. The author's twelfth e-book is entitled Thirteen Sick Tasteless Classics and will be online something in mid-July of 2002. All of Jay Dubya's fifteen e-books are now available at Amazon.com by typing in Jay Dubya. Bookbooters.com, Powell's Books and Barnes and Noble.com also carry Jay Dubya's works. Jay Dubya will have seventeen ebooks on the market by March of '03. So Ya' Wanna' Be A Teacher has been released by cyberread and has risen to a Sales Ranking of #318 at Amazon.co.uk Black Leather, Blue Denim: #70 on Amazon 9/16/02 Teen Fruit War: #303 on Amazon: 2/22/03 On May 23, 2003 Pieces of Eight rose to a Sales Ranking of #98 on Amazon.com On May 21 and 22, Pot of Gold rose to a Sales Ranking of #40, Space Bugs, Earth Invasion #82 and Enchanta #117 on Amazon.com As of November '03, four of Jay Dubya's books are in hardcover: Black Leather and Blue Denim, Ron Coyote, Man of La Mangia, The Great Teen Fruit War, A 1960 Novel and So Ya' Wanna' Be A Teacher!