John Byrne Cooke is an award-winning writer, a photographer and musician with more than 40 years of experience in each of these arts, an actor who has appeared in eleven stage productions over the past six years, and a narrator with experience ranging from voice-over film narration to audiobooks to live performances with the Grand Teton Music Festival.

Books by John Byrne Cooke

On the Road with Janis Joplin

by John Byrne Cooke - Entertainment, Music, Nonfiction

As a road manager and filmmaker, John Byrne Cooke helped run the Janis Joplin show --- and record it for posterity. Now, in ON THE ROAD WITH JANIS JOPLIN, Cooke reveals the never-before-told story of his years with the young woman from Port Arthur who would become the first female rock and roll superstar --- and depart the stage too soon.

Reporting the War: Freedom of the Press from the American Revolution to the War on Terrorism

by John Byrne Cooke