John McCormack

John McCormack is an educator who has helped shape young minds for over thirty-five years. A graduate of Iona College and The Ohio State University, he spent most of his career teaching in both junior and senior high schools in locations from Chicago, Illinois to Rockland County, New York. He is a winner of the Golden Apple Award from Channel 13 in New York City for his outstanding contributions to Learning Link. McCormack was inspired to write his young adult novel Jamaal's Journey by the...See more

John McCormack is an educator who has helped shape young minds for over thirty-five years. A graduate of Iona College and The Ohio State University, he spent most of his career teaching in both junior and senior high schools in locations from Chicago, Illinois to Rockland County, New York. He is a winner of the Golden Apple Award from Channel 13 in New York City for his outstanding contributions to Learning Link. McCormack was inspired to write his young adult novel Jamaal's Journey by the closeness and enthusiasm he enjoyed with his students, particularly toward the end of his career. Aside from writing, John is passionately engaged in playing the piano and guitar in sunny Los Angeles where he lives with his wife. See less