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John Claude Bemis is the author of The Clockwork Dark, a fantasy adventure trilogy that takes place in a mythical America. The first book, The Nine Pound Hammer (Random House, 2009), was described as “a steampunk collision of heroes, mermaids, pirates, and good old-fashioned Americana” by Booklist and was a New York Public Library Best Children’s Book 2009 for Reading and Sharing. The Wolf Tree is the second book in the trilogy and The White City is the third and final book. His newest book, described as a "futuristic Jungle Book, is The Prince Who Fell from the Sky.
A songwriter and musician, John found inspiration for his fiction in old-time country and blues music and the Southern folklore at its heart. A former elementary school teacher, John lives in Hillsborough, North Carolina with his wife and daughter. |
