J. R. Wagner
was born in West Chester, Pennsylvania during a blizzard. The snow made travel
by car impossible, so his father called an ambulance when his mother went into
labor. The ambulance became stuck at the bottom of their home’s driveway,
prompting the dispatch of a fire truck, which towed the ambulance to the hospital
where he was born.
Maybe it was
this experience that destined J.R. to love adventure. A competitive cyclist,
tri-athlete, mountain biker and adventure racer, he once received a medal for
saving a woman’s life during the kayaking section of an adventure race. And the
adventure is hard to miss in his debut novel Exiled (Live Oak Book Group, June 5, 2012), the
first book in J.R.’s young adult fantasy series The Never Chronicles. He’s got
a day job to keep him “grounded”; J.R. helps run his late father’s Downingtown,
Pennsylvania floor-covering business.
J.R. first
started writing at 10 years old with his sequel to “Return of The Jedi” – the
self-proclaimed “Star Wars geek” had lofty aspirations of working with George
Lucas on filming the project. In 1990 he began filming his version of “The Lord
of The Rings” in his parent’s basement, but the plug was pulled after he nearly
burned down the house. Since then the storyteller has also written a
full-length science fiction screenplay, a thriller novel and a second
screenplay.
After graduating in Kinesiology from Arizona
State University, J.R. returned to Downingtown, where his creative fires were
re-stoked by his two beautiful daughters.
J.R. also endearingly
considers his wife Lisa his muse. It was during their trip to Maine he began
writing Exiled.
Website: TheNeverChronicles.com
Author blog: whatisthenever.blogspot.com
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