Author John J. Smith, who also writes under the name Jonathan Black, is a prolific Fiction writer who has won several awards under each name. He writes under two different names to separate the subject matter of his writing: romance and mainstream as John J. Smith, and paranormal and paranormal romance as Jonathan Black. Several of his novels have been converted or rewritten into screenplays; for which he has also won several awards. He resides in Plano, a suburb of Dallas, Texas.