Schooley, Kerry J.
Biography
AKA John Swan. In early publication, John Swan was described as a former cop, though no legitimate forces have a record of his tenure. Some speculate that John Swan is not his real name, Swan has had his work published in Kairos, Blood & Aphorisms, The Unsilenced Voice, Canadian Storyteller Magazine, Rampike, Prophile, Front and Centre, Zygote, and the anthologies Your Baggage is in Buffalo, Between a Dock and a High Place, Burning Ambitions, ICED, the New Noir Anthology of Cold Hard Fiction and Hard Boiled Love. In 1996, a collection of mystery stories,the Rouge Murders, was released by the Jasper Press, in which John Swan was one of the characters, still claiming to have been a police detective. There are rumours of a second volume, and a collection of short stories. Authorities suspect the author lives in Hamilton, Ontario under an assumed name, writing articles, teaching creative writing and reviewing books in the mystery genre.
(From: murderoutthere.com)
In October 2010, Kerry Schooley died of a heart attack at the age of 61.
Other Information
Related Websites or Blogs
Kerry J. Schooley at Seraphim Editions
Published Work
2006. [editor] The Carless cartoon collection : not bad for an old bastard--. Hamilton, Ont. : Seraphim Editions. (Nonfiction)
2004. [editor, with Peter Sellers] Revenge : a noir anthology about getting even. Toronto : Insomniac Press. (Fiction),
2003. [as John Swan] Sap: a mystery. Toronto: Insomniac Press. (Fiction)
2003. [editor, with Peter Sellers] Hard boiled love : an anthology of noir love. Toronto : Insomniac Press. (Fiction)
2001. [editor, with Peter Sellers] Iced : the new noir anthology of cold, hard fiction. Toronto : Insomniac Press. (Fiction)
1996. [as John Swan] The rouge murders. Hamilton, Ont. : Jasper Press. (Fiction)
