Author: John DeRossett

John E. DeRossett is a professional writer with more than three decades of experience in journalism, communications, and storytelling. His work has appeared in publications including Family Handyman, Taste of Home, GMC, and SFGate, where he has written on subjects ranging from home improvement and automotive topics to feature articles and human-interest stories. A U.S. Navy veteran, DeRossett grew up in the small railroad town of Rowlesburg, West Virginia, where many of the people, places, and experiences that shaped his life continue to influence his writing. His fiction explores perseverance, family, hope, redemption, and the quiet strength found in ordinary people facing extraordinary circumstances. He is the author of The Dream in His Pocket and November Rain: The River Came at Night, among other works, and is currently developing several novels and feature screenplays. His screenplays are written under the pen name Emory Cain. John lives in Southern California with his wife, Marlene, where he continues to write every day while building Everward Storyworks, a creative studio dedicated to stories that endure long after the final page or closing credits.