John has a science degree and a Master’s degree in screenwriting. He is a fulltime writer/researcher whose work ranges from radio, television and movie scripts (winning the Lynda La Plante Screenwriting Award in 2006) to newspaper and magazine articles. After writing for Radio 4’s ‘Weekending’ and ‘Huddlines’ for many years, he has contributed toward many productions and publications including the BBC documentary series, ‘Mitchell and Kenyon’, BBC 4 documentary, 'A Very British Murder', hosted by Dr Lucy Worsley, and BBC 4 documentary 'The Real Tom Thumb: History's Smallest Superstar', hosted by Lord Michael Grade, for which he uncovered important, brand new information the ‘Tom Thumb’ historians had never known of, along with appearing on BBC1 magazine programme, 'The Now Show', with Gyles Brandreth. Along with his regular contributions to the Liverpool History Society Journal, John co-authored, ‘The Beatles: Living in the Eye of the Hurricane’ with author, Kevin Roach, and researched and wrote, 'The Killing of Julia Wallace' for Amberley Publishing.
