John W. Sexton has had fiction and poetry published in most leading Irish literary journals and was nominated for the Hennessy Literary Award. He also reviews for newspapers. He is the scriptwriter for RTE Radio One's popular weekly children's series, The Ivory Tower, which ran for over one hundred episodes. His first book, The Johnny Coffin Diaries, based on the radio series, proved immensely popular with children across the country. He lives in Kenmare, Co Kerry.

John also has his own website.