Laurence St. John
Laurence A. St. John was born on January 11, 1965 in Toledo Ohio. Laurence has one older brother and two younger sisters. Laurence along with his parents, brother and sisters moved once while growing up to Genoa Ohio, just south of Toledo. While attending Genoa Area schools, He was active in track, football and baseball. Later, after he graduated from Genoa High School (Comets) in 1983, he worked for a few manufacturing companies.
In 1988, at the age of 23, Laurence received his first-degree black belt (Shodan) in Tae Kwon Do. This gave him the self-confidence and perseverance needed to surmount anything that came his way.
When Laurence was 25 years old he fell in love then married the love of his life, Julie in 1990. He then adopted her two young wonderful children Joe and Jan shortly after.
After high school for nearly fifteen years, he was persuaded by his former manager, to attend Owens State Community College. There he obtained an Associates Degree in Microcomputer Business Systems while working full-time. In addition to computer classes, he enjoyed composition classes where he could free his mind and write what he wanted.
While working in the steel processing business, Laurence’s place of employment changed hands, for the third time in 2006. He found himself fighting for his job, again. In the same year his first granddaughter, Kendall, “Papa’s Angel” was born. He described this as one of the most uplifting moments of his life.
It was during this time when his emotions were running wild. He became inspired as well as determined to write his penned-up thoughts on paper.
Nearly four years later, he had completed his first teen fantasy novel, superhero series METATRON. Metatron: The Angel Has Risen, Metatron: The Mystical Blade, and Metatron: Dagger of Mortality were birthed. They were originally released through another previous publisher.
Since that time, Laurence has joined the CMP family. He brought all three books with him and has since added more. Metatron joined the CMPDSU fold, with books 4 and 5. He has also released the comic Metatron: Terror At The Track.
Personal:
Laurence currently lives in Northwood Ohio with his wife of 28 years, Julie. His son Joe is married to his wife Cari who have three daughters, Kendall, Sadie and Harper. His daughter Jan is married to her husband Andrew who has one son, Elijah and one daughter Evelyn. Laurence currently holds the position of Administrations Manager at Precision Strip, Inc. in Perrysburg Ohio, where he works full time. He continually writes in his spare time; weekends and after work. He is endlessly inspired by his five grand kids Kendall, Eli, Sadie, Evy and Harper.
