John Michael
Gallagher was born and raised in Philadelphia. While he was a senior in High
School, he met the love of his life. They married after graduation. The plan
was to be a history teacher and track coach. But, like John Lennon said,
"Life is what happens while you're making plans." John became a
systems officer at the bank, had three children, a mortgage, two cars, made
good money and spent every dime. There was no going back. His career in
banking, technology and marketing blossomed, as did his family. He was part of the five-person team that
created the largest ATM network in the country and launched national credit and
debit card processing services. The bank acquired a card processing company in
Atlanta and asked John to move to run marketing for the new company. He never
became a high school track coach, but he fit in coaching kids in track &
field for twenty years. One morning he woke up and realized that until then
he'd done what he had to do, and it was now possible to do what he wanted to
do. He sold his company and began a career as an author. Experience in finance,
sports, and life makes John's writing richer, layered, and more
believable. He writes all his work for publication and adaptation to film. The
freedom of writing fiction and the joy of entertaining readers is a dream
fulfilled.
