John Owens is an award-winning humorist, author, and editor based in Florida.

His just-released novel, Death Wears Flip-Flops, is fun, fast-moving, and packed with brutally accurate insights about The Sunshine State. A laugh-out-loud satire, it's like Florida itself:

A hot, boiling blend of
everything that’s funny
—and frightening—
in America today.

Think Ozark meets South Park meets National Lampoon's Vacation.

John previously published the critically-acclaimed bestseller Confessions of a Bad Teacher: The Shocking Truth from the Front Lines of American Public Education (Sourcebooks, 2013). This first-person report on the national attack on teachers, students, and public education grew out of his work as an 8th and 9th grade public school English teacher in New York’s South Bronx.

His book Chickens Are Not Pets, A Kid’s-Eye View of a Shattered American Dream grew out of his teaching. One exercise popular with his students was Writing Your Life; students eagerly captured colorful stories about growing up. Chickens Are Not Pets resulted from John doing exactly that. A soul-baring celebration of childhood, this collection of stories is a hilarious flashback to offbeat people and you-can't-make-this-up experiences.

A former publishing executive, John has been the editor in chief of numerous magazines, including Travel Holiday, BOATING, and Popular Photography, and editorial director of Yachting, American PHOTO, Road & Track, and Cycle World, among others.

He has made more than 100 appearances on national television and radio.

You can reach John at acibooks@gmail.com.