J.D. Blair developed a 30-year career in journalism and television production as a Writer/Producer. He was nominated twice for Emmy Awards for writing and producing documentaries while at KRON the NBC affiliate in San Francisco. For KVIE, Public Television Sacramento he was a awarded a Chris Award at the Columbus Film and Video Festival and was recipient of a Telly Award in 1999 for writing and producing the statewide program “California Heartland”. He was awarded a Knight Journalism Fellowship for media coverage of urban development for the program “New Valley”. Since 2000 has also been writing one-act plays, short fiction and poetry. He has published four ebooks, three in the JANUS crime/detective series and one book of short stories "Stories Short, Sweet & Sour".