Jason Deas

Jason Deas has taught art in elementary schools for eighteen years. He is a songwriter, sculptor, and makes a mean pot of chili. Most of his writing used to take place at Georgia campgrounds, inside a three-man tent or sitting at an uncomfortable concrete picnic table. He wouldn't have had it any other way until he one day found a 70's-model camper where he now writes in luxury. After writing Birdsongs, a mystery for adults, his nieces asked him to write a book for kids. He granted their wish...See more

Jason Deas has taught art in elementary schools for eighteen years. He is a songwriter, sculptor, and makes a mean pot of chili. Most of his writing used to take place at Georgia campgrounds, inside a three-man tent or sitting at an uncomfortable concrete picnic table. He wouldn't have had it any other way until he one day found a 70's-model camper where he now writes in luxury. After writing Birdsongs, a mystery for adults, his nieces asked him to write a book for kids. He granted their wish and wrote Camp Timber View. He had so much fun writing it he wrote another middle grade novel titled The Big Stinky City. He wrapped up the Benny James mystery series with books titled Pushed and Brushed Away. Other releases include: Private Eye (Cameron Caldwell mystery) The Painter, a coming-of-age novel set in 1992 Athens, Georgia. Boar's Head Cove, a new adult novel. 101 Things to do with your Christmas Elf (A guide for parents and grandparents) undone (Burt Bigsley mystery) See less