name: F.J. Lennon
genres: Science Fiction & Fantasy, Nonfiction, Mystery & Thrillers
influences: Stephe, James Ellroy, Stephen King, Raymond Chandler, Charlie Huston, Larry McMurtry
avg_rating: 3.89
ratings_count: 167
about: F.J. Lennon is a novelist, screenwriter, and independent digital media producer, designer, and writer. During his 25-year career, Lennon has been actively employed in multiple industries including video games, interactive television, advertising, and toys. He has authored three books: Soul Trapper (Atria, 2011) and Devil’s Gate (Atria, 2012), the first two novels in a series of supernatural thrillers that follow the turbulent life of rogue ghost hunter, Kane Pryce; and Every Mistake in the Book (HarperCollins/Regan Books, 2001), a light-hearted business memoir about Lennon’s years in the video game industry. He has also written numerous screenplays and teleplays in various stages of development. Since 1985, Lennon has been instrumental in t F.J. Lennon is a novelist, screenwriter, and independent digital media producer, designer, and writer. During his 25-year career, Lennon has been actively employed in multiple industries including video games, interactive television, advertising, and toys. He has authored three books: Soul Trapper (Atria, 2011) and Devil’s Gate (Atria, 2012), the first two novels in a series of supernatural thrillers that follow the turbulent life of rogue ghost hunter, Kane Pryce; and Every Mistake in the Book (HarperCollins/Regan Books, 2001), a light-hearted business memoir about Lennon’s years in the video game industry. He has also written numerous screenplays and teleplays in various stages of development. Since 1985, Lennon has been instrumental in the development of 47 interactive games, educational software titles, and entertainment properties for companies including Electronic Arts, Take 2 Interactive, Disney Interactive, Mattel, Sesame Street, DIRECTV, Paramount Digital Entertainment, Simon and Schuster Interactive, Marvel Comics, MicroProse Software, and the U.S. Federal Government.Between 1985 and 1996, Lennon was Take 2 Interactive Software’s Creative Director and Senior Vice President of Product Development, a Senior Producer for MicroProse Software, Inc., and the co-founder and Vice President of Paragon Software Corporation, which was sold to MicroProse in 1992. Lennon is a 1986 magna cum laude graduate of Saint Vincent College in Latrobe, Pennsylvania, where he earned a degree in Communications and a minor in English Literature.He is a native of Latrobe, Pennsylvania and currently resides in Los Angeles, California with his wife and daughter. ...more