John is teaching a fiction writing seminar Saturday,
March 7, 1 PM at the King's Head Pub in Dania Beach
Crime Writing and Poker! Fee is $20; proceeds go to
GulfStream Literary Magazine. e-Mail
gulfstream@yahoo.com to sign up.

John's latest piece, a book review of Peter Matthiessen's
Shadow Country, can be found at Shadow Country


John will be at the FIU Writer's Conference at
Hutchinson Island in October.


John's sixth book with Roy Cooke, How to Play Like a Poker Pro" has been released by ConJelCo.

Cooke's Rules of Real Poker, by John with Roy Cooke,
is now available on the Amazon Kindle.


John's major project, a memoir with Jade Lane, is really
moving forward, but takes ALL his time. Should be finished in
April! (Google ' Jade Lane ' + Tillman)


More McKool stories coming in 09 .... Really!

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Contact John: jb@johnbondwriting.com

John Bond (Wikipedia) is a shanachie—the Gaelic term for storyteller—living in Dania Beach , Florida . A licensed pilot and boat captain, he has been a lawyer, Realtor, adjunct professor of journalism and creative writing, tour group leader, SCUBA instructor, columnist, newspaper editor, political campaign manager, lobbyist, developer and more.

John’s poker mystery story T-Bird which originally appeared in Miami Noir (2006) (Les Standiford, ed.) was selected for Best American Mysteries of 2007 (Carl Hiaasen, Editor). The second McKool story, Trapped, is included in the upcoming chapbook Upping the Ante: McKool Mysteries. More McKool Poker Mysteries are coming soon!

John is the co-author (with Roy Cooke) of six books about poker, including 2008’s How to Think Like a Poker Pro and How to Play Like a Poker Pro. John and Roy collaborate writing the world's longest continuously running poker feature, Real Poker, appearing bi-weekly in CardPlayer Magazine since 1992.

John’s day job is to love his wife, Jeannie Deininger, who is too good for him. Instead of children they have Shih-tzus.



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Please visit Jeannie’s website, ExpertNurse.Net. Also visit NYCDirector.com and RoyCooke.com, the sites of John’s brother, James and friend, Roy.