Jan Strnad

Jan Strnad contracted the writing bug as an adolescent when he typed out the short story, "The Available Data on the Worp Reaction" by Lion Miller. Looking at the typewritten pages, he thought, "I can do this!" and determined that, when the time came, he would make his living as a writer.He began his professional career by writing comics, then moved from his home town of Wichita, Kansas, to Los Angeles where he became a staff writer for Disney Television Animation. He worked for most of the Hollywood studios, including Sony/Columbia, Warner Bros., Universal, MGM and others before turning his attention to writing prose. His first published novel was "Risen," a supernatural thriller, now out of print, which he has resurrected as an ebook. His second book, "The Summer We Lost Alice," takes a different look at life after death, and his third, "One Last Time," approaches the subject from yet another angle."There are so many ways to approach the subject," he says, "it's like a genre unto itself. 'Risen' is a horror novel. 'Alice' is a supernatural mystery. 'One Last Time' is very mainstream. It's hard to imagine growing bored with writing about the afterlife. Whatever one's personal beliefs, it's a grand thought experiment, a good way to examine life and put it into perspective."