John Blossom
John Blossom’s books explore the challenges facing humankind in relation to modern culture as well as the fragility of the planet. He holds a BA in English from Carleton College and a Master of Arts in Teaching from Colorado College. John is married with one grown daughter. He presently resides on the Big Island of Hawaii.
For information on John Blossom and his multiple award-winning books, please see his personal website here: www.JTBlossom.com
John’s Published Books
Mahina Rises
To make the extraordinary ordinary, so that the ordinary has a chance to feel extraordinary again." Follow the adventures of Mahina in this magical and inspiring tale as she discovers a living cavern on her property that holds the most uplifting power yet to stop climate change.
The Last Football Player
This highly-anticipated novel by award-winning author, John Blossom, explores creativity, AI, and technology in some disturbing but plausible ways. What will football be like in the near future? The Last Football Player offers surprising and intriguing predictions in an easy-to-read and compelling story of compromise, friendship, and triumph in the face of the rapidly evolving changes teens face in society today.
The Tunes of Lenore
Ella is sixteen and her ex-hippie parents are getting a divorce. Reluctantly, she is headed to a boarding school on a remote ranch where things are so rustic that she is required to chop her own firewood just to have hot water. Surprisingly, the boys are hot there too, and soon Ella's troubles at home are not nearly as compelling as her romantic adventures and the challenging adjustments she faces in her vastly more organic school. On her team is Jenny, a quantumly-altered golden retriever who can communicate like no other dog in the world, and Lenore, her grandfather's old fiddle who provides comfort and needed cosmic guidance.
Lenore and the Problem With Love: When You Go To College Save The World
It is 2028 and nineteen-year-old Ella and her boyfriend Brandon are a vital part of something so new and quantumly huge that it could save the world from a climate disaster. The problem for Ella is whom to trust: Her psychic fiddle Lenore that she inherited from her beloved grandfather? Her professors at Brecken University who pull mysterious strings of hidden power? Her dad and his feelings toward nature and enlightenment? Her love for Brandon despite his obsession with dangerous and world-altering lab-work? Can a freaky but insightful campus psychologist help her figure it out, or is he too part of the problem?
Trespassing
Must-read adventures from Vermont to the Big Island of Hawaii, including nail-biting stories from Wisconsin, Colorado, California and Alaska. A head strong and truly lucky man experiencing the world as it may never be experienced again.
Horse Boys
Thirteen-year old Michael is dumped off to work at a riding stable run by wild and unsupervised young men. Abused and misunderstood, he faces many daunting challenges and has to grow up fast. Set in the late sixties, the hierarchical and exploitive domination of the horse boys over workers, animals, and women accentuates Michael's confusion about his identity and what it means to be a man. Will his growing sense of independence and the beauty of caring for horses in rural Wisconsin be enough to counteract the lure of the hyper-masculine forces that surround him? An insightful novel about the cultural roots that sparked the Me-Too Movement.
