John Karr (author)

John Andrew Karr is an American author and self described programmer analyst.

Biography

John Karr currently lives in North Carolina with his wife and kids.

Writing career

Dark Resurrection - novel

In 2001 Karr published "Dark Resurrection", a work of horror fiction. According to the author's personal website [http://www.johnakarr.com/ John Karr personal website] The original publisher, Barclay Books LLC/Spectral Visions [http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/193140223X] has gone out of business.

Note: The Amazon.com listing for this novel lists Spectral Visions as the publisher. Other sites list the publisher as Barclay Books, LLC. Spectral Visions was the horror imprint of Barclay.

Update:

03/2007, Samhain Publishing LLC released a [http://samhainpublishing.com/books/dark-resurrection revised electronic version of Dark Resurrection]

10/2007, Samhain Publishing LLC released [http://samhainpublishing.com/print/dark-resurrection-print a revised trade paperback version of Dark Resurrection]

11/2008, [http://www.asylett.com/ Asylett Press ] is scheduled to release his medical thriller, Hippocrates Shattered.

Demon Chaser - serial shortstory

In 2006 Karr published a serialized short story called Demon Chaser. Demon Chaser was published in the online "ezine" "Worlds of Wonder" [http://www.geocities.com/lady_poet2003/ Worlds of Wonder website]

The Painters Dream - novel

According to information from August, 2006 on his personal blog [http://johnkarr.blogspot.com John Karr blog] Karr has completed "The Painters Dream", a work of fiction involving Vincent van Gogh's real self mutilation and admittance to an insane asylum. Karr has submitted the book to publishers and is awaiting word on its acceptance.

Other work

Karr is also nearing completion on an as yet unnamed novel. He describes the book as a "heroic fantasy." No information is provided as to a possible publisher; nor has a release date been announced.

2006 message disassociating himself with John Mark Karr

In August 2006, the following message was placed on John Karr's [http://home.mindspring.com/~jkarr/ website] "Public Service Announcement time: I am John Andrew Karr. I live in North Carolina with my wife and kids. I am NOT the scum arrested in Thailand for the murder of that poor little girl JonBenet Ramsey. His name is John Mark Karr. If he's guilty, he can't die soon enough."

External links

* [http://home.mindspring.com/~jkarr/ John Karr's personal website]
* [http://www.geocities.com/lady_poet2003/ Worlds of Wonder website]