John Kloepfer grew up in Buffalo, NY and attended The Nichols School, where he studied sort of hard, played on the basketball and soccer teams, and basically just engaged in typical teenage shenanigans for a bunch of years. He is also an alumnus of Deerfield Academy, Amherst College and University of Buffalo, where he majored in English and Film.

 

After college, John worked on his writing while making ends meet with a variety of odd jobs, including recreation instructor (a.k.a. ping pong master/bumper pool king), substitute teacher (a.k.a. worksheet hander-outer) and butcher shop delivery boy (a.k.a. sandwich maker/dishwasher/turkey carver/floor mopper).

 

In 2008 John moved to New York City and began writing The Zombie Chasers series almost immediately, which was a very good thing because he didn’t have any other job prospects lined up. A few years later, John started his second series, a trio of alien-themed novels: Galaxy’s Most Wanted.

 

Now he lives in Brooklyn where he is working on two brand new middle grade books about giant Godzilla-like monsters who are attacking a small town and the rag-tag gang of kids who accidentally created them.

 

When John’s not writing, he is probably playing darts with his friend Mike, or hanging out with his girlfriend or watching a movie or reading a book.

John Kloepfer

• Website: www.thezombiechasers.com/founders.vm