J.P. grew up in northern Ontario just outside a small town of 800 people. Since then he has lived and traveled in a number of places, enjoying many different cultures and people.

J.P. has been published in a short story anthology, as well as a number of books of poetry. His writing draws heavily on life experience and is influenced by the great romantic poets/writers as well as more modern writers like Walt Whitman, Dylan Thomas, Ted Hughes and Phillip Larkin. He has also been influenced by writers like Jules Verne, C.S. Lewis, J.R.R. Tolken, Madeleine L’Engle, Annie Dillard, and Edward Abbey to name a few. 

J.P. has two children, ages 6 and 8, and hopes they will grow up to love the natural world as much as he does. He lives in Hamilton, ON with his life Partner.