John A Connell

John A Connell is one of the novelists from the US, who is famous for writing historical fiction, thriller, and mystery novels. He is particularly well known for writing the Mason Collins mystery series. Author Connell has obtained a degree in Anthropology. Before the start of his writing career, he used to work as a jazz pianist, a machinist, a stock boy, an operator of printing press and a repairman. For a considerable period of time, Connell has also worked as a cameraman. As an author, Connell gained prominence with the publication of his debut book titled Ruins of War. His success grew further after the release of it sequel novel called Spoils of Victory. Author Connell was born in Atlanta, Georgia, the US. He lived through most of his childhood days in the suburban regions of Ohio, Columbus, Washington, D.C., and New York City. Finally, Connell shifted to Atlanta when he was 13 years old. Connell enrolled himself at the University of Georgia State. While studying, he was fascinated with the human thought. This enabled him to go for the study of Psychology. However, he did not seem much satisfied with the curiosity of it and therefore, decided to return back to Anthropology. Eventually, author Connell graduated with a Bachelor of Arts degree in the subject of Anthropology. In addition to this, Connell also obtained a Psychology minor. Right after his graduation, Connell joined a jazz and rock band as a singer and keyboard player. His interest in writing stories was always there and he used to indulge in creating short stories whenever he used to get time. In order to earn for his college expense and even beyond that, Connell took up some part time jobs. These include working at a brassiere factory, as a courier boy at the State Health Department of Georgia, as a repairer of vending machines, etc. Author Connell always loved to tell stories and this hobby compelled him to go for a change of career. Connell entered the film industry in spite of not knowing anyone in the film business and not having any knowledge about how things work over there. As a result, he ended up choosing camerawork as it appeared to be the simplest job to him.