About the Author: John G. Hartness

John Hartness is a recovering theatre geek and award-winning poet from Charlotte, NC. He is the author of The Black Knight Chronicles urban fantasy series, featuring snarky, non-sparkly vampires with bad attitudes and comic book collections to rival Stan Lee's!

A graduate of Winthrop University, John has spent twenty years in some form of theatre, from performing and directing to designing and producing. He's played roles such as Petruchio in Shakespeare's The Taming of the Shrew and directed classical (Hamlet) and contemporary (Corpus Christi) classics alike.

John lives in Charlotte, NC with his wife, Suzy, their two cats and a sweet but rather dim-witted dog named Leko.