Laurence St. John
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Laurence St. John

Literature & Fiction | Teen & Young Adult
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Laurence A. St. John was born on January 11, 1965 in Toledo Ohio. While attending Genoa Area schools, He was active in track, football and baseball. Later, after he graduated from Genoa High School (Comets) in 1983, he worked for a few manufacturing companies. At the age of 23 and after three years of dedication, hard work and sweat, in 1988, Laurence received his first-degree black belt (Shodan) in Tae Kwon Do. This gave him the self-confidence and perseverance needed to surmount anything that came his way. When Laurence was 25 years old he fell in love then married the love of his life, Julie in 1990. Out of high school for nearly fifteen years and after persuaded by his former manager, Laurence attended Owens State Community College where he obtained an Associates Degree in Microcomputer Business Systems while working full-time. In addition to computer classes, he enjoyed composition classes where he could free his mind and write what he wanted. While working in the steel processing business for almost fifteen years, Laurence's place of employment changed hands, for the third time in 2006; fighting for his job, again. In the same year his first granddaughter, Kendall, "Papa's Angel" was born. He described this as one of the most uplifting moments of his life. In addition, it was during this time when his emotions were running wild; he became inspired as well as determined to write his penned-up thoughts on paper. Nearly four years later, he had completed his first teen superhero novel, Metatron: The Angel Has Risen published in 2012. Following - Metatron: The Mystical Blade published in 2014. Metatron: Dagger of Mortality published in 2018. The Envisioned Guardian, Anthology, HW: The Dwelling, published 2020. Metatron: The Secret Grid published in 2021. Metatron: Terror at the Track (comic book) published in 2022. He's currently working on book 7. Laurence currently lives in Northwood Ohio with his wife of 32 years, Julie. Laurence currently works full time at Precision Strip, Inc. in Perrysburg Ohio. He continually writes in his spare time; weekends and after work, and is endlessly inspired by his five grandkids Kendall, Eli, Sadie, Evy and Harper.
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