John Fanning Watson was an Philadelphia antiquarian, a chronicler and an historian who became a professional writer. He is best known as the author of Annals of Philadelphia (1830).
John Fante was an American novelist, short story writer, and screenwriter. He is best known for his semi-autobiographical novel Ask the Dust (1939) about the life of Arturo Bandini, a struggling writer in Depression-era Los Angeles. It is widely considered the great Los Angeles novel, and is one in a series of four, published between 1938 and 1985, that are now collectively called "The Bandini Quartet". Ask the Dust was adapted into a 2006 film starring Colin Farrell and Salma Hayek. Fante's published works while he lived included five novels, one novella, and a short story collection. Additional works, including two novels, two novellas, and two short story collections, were published posthumously. His screenwriting credits include, most notably, Full of Life, Jeanne Eagels (1957), and the 1962 films Walk on the Wild Side and The Reluctant Saint.
John Lee Farris is an American novelist, screenwriter, and playwright who first achieved best-seller status at age twenty-three and is most famous as the author of The Fury. He is also known largely for his work in the southern Gothic genre.
John Feffer is an author and currently director of Foreign Policy in Focus at the Institute for Policy Studies. He is a fellow at the Open Society Foundations. His books include Crusade 2.0,, a description of contemporary attacks on Islam, North Korea/South Korea: US Policy and the Korean Peninsula, a description of current U.S. policy towards Korea and its limitations, Power Trip, a narrative of American unilateralism during the George W. Bush administration, and Living in Hope, a description of creative responses by local communities to the challenges of globalization. His latest book, Pandemic Pivot, published by Seven Stories Press in 2020, reflects on the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic and the potential for transformative change coming out of the pandemic.
John Martin Feierabend is an American music education researcher, pedagogue and author. He is known for his First Steps in Music and Conversational Solfege music education curricula, as well as his contributions to the music intelligence education for young children. His methodologies combine the teachings of Edwin Gordon and Zoltán Kodály. He is currently the Director of Music Education at the Hartt School of the University of Hartford. As an author, he is widely held in libraries worldwide.
