About Jonathan Hendricks

Jon Hendricks grew up in the countryside of northwestern Wisconsin surrounded by farm animals and wilderness. He met his incredible wife Sara at college there, and they are currently living in southern Japan where they teach at a university and raise their three wonderful children.

Jon writes literary sci-fi revenge thriller novels, and his influences include Neal Stephenson, Octavia Butler, William Gibson, Ursula K. Le Guin, Kurt Vonnegut, and Stephen King. His main areas of interest are science, religion, and revenge. And pizza.

Pronouns: he / they

Interests: reading, writing, teaching, linguistics, learning languages, learning about space and dinosaurs, playing the piano, playing Zelda games, skateboarding, hiking, running, captain of the soccer team, working out on the horizontal bar, doing arts and crafts with the kids

Favorite Movies: Night of the Living Dead (1968), The Shining (1980), 2001: A Space Odyssey, Inception, The Matrix, 12 Monkeys, Hellraiser, Battle Royale, The Omen, The Thing, In the Mouth of Madness

Writing Music: Piano, Prog Rock, Instrumental Jazz Metal. For Example: Chopin, Nobuo Uematsu, Pink Floyd, Tool, The Mars Volta, Animals as Leaders

Favorite Books: Cryptonomicon, Neuromancer, Cat's Cradle, The Dispossessed, The Dark Tower, Jurassic Park, The Baroque Cycle, Anathem, Breakfast of Champions, Sirens of Titan, Carrie, The Shining, The Time Traveler's Wife, Lord of the Rings, The Stranger, The Haunting of Hill House