| John Donohue Writing about culture, identity, and action |
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| ABOUT |
He began working in earnest on Sensei , the first Connor Burke thriller,
in 2000. It was released in 2003 ( a paperback edition followed in 2004).
The sequel, Deshi, was published in 2005 (paperback in February
garnered strong reviews in USA Today, Publisher's Weekly and Kirkus,
Independent Book Publishers Association.
John has always been fascinated with other cultures and was attracted
to the Asian martial disciplines because of their blend of philosophy and
action. He began studying Shotokan Karatedo in college. He joined
practical training with more formal education, completing a Ph.D. in
Anthropology from the State University of New York at Stony Brook. His
doctoral dissertation on the cultural aspects of the Japanese martial arts
formed the basis for his first book, The Forge of the Spirit .
John has worked in the hospitality, advertising, and publishing
industries, but for the bulk of his non-writing career he has been a
higher education professional, working as both a teacher and senior
level manager at a number of colleges--strapped, as he says, to the
wheel of administrative karma (for further information, click here.) .
He is the author of both non-fiction books as well as the author of many
articles on the martial arts (to see a complete list, click here ).
Fusing the way of the pen and the way of the sword, while writing John
has trained in the martial disciplines of aikido, iaido, judo, karatedo,
kendo, and taiji. He has dan (black belt) ranks in both karatedo and
kendo.
in 2000. It was released in 2003 ( a paperback edition followed in 2004).
The sequel, Deshi, was published in 2005 (paperback in February
garnered strong reviews in USA Today, Publisher's Weekly and Kirkus,
Independent Book Publishers Association.
John has always been fascinated with other cultures and was attracted
to the Asian martial disciplines because of their blend of philosophy and
action. He began studying Shotokan Karatedo in college. He joined
practical training with more formal education, completing a Ph.D. in
Anthropology from the State University of New York at Stony Brook. His
doctoral dissertation on the cultural aspects of the Japanese martial arts
formed the basis for his first book, The Forge of the Spirit .
John has worked in the hospitality, advertising, and publishing
industries, but for the bulk of his non-writing career he has been a
higher education professional, working as both a teacher and senior
level manager at a number of colleges--strapped, as he says, to the
wheel of administrative karma (for further information, click here.) .
He is the author of both non-fiction books as well as the author of many
articles on the martial arts (to see a complete list, click here ).
Fusing the way of the pen and the way of the sword, while writing John
has trained in the martial disciplines of aikido, iaido, judo, karatedo,
kendo, and taiji. He has dan (black belt) ranks in both karatedo and
kendo.
