Dad with Delaney

John R. Corrigan was born in Augusta, Maine, in 1970. Along with his wife and three young daughters, he lives at the Pomfret School in Pomfret, Connecticut, where he is English Department Chair, Nick Harris ’47 Endowed Chair in Literature, and teaches Advanced Placement English and Mystery Literature, among other courses, and coaches hockey. He is also fairly certain he is the only crime writer in America also serving as a dorm parent to a group of sophomore boys.

At age 10, Corrigan was broadly diagnosed as “learning disabled, presumed dyslexic” — a theme that resonates throughout the Jack Austin series. Corrigan has published poetry, academic papers, and feature articles.

The first Jack Austin novel, CUT SHOT (Sleeping Bear Press, 2001), earned excellent reviews. In 2002, Corrigan signed with the University Press of New England, an honor that made him UPNE’s first mystery novelist and produced SNAP HOOK (2004); CENTER CUT (2004); BAD LIE (2005), which earned a starred review in Publishers Weekly; and OUT OF BOUNDS (2006). His most recent publications include “Shooter” (Spring 2011, Alfred Hitchcock Mystery Magazine) and “364 Days” (forthcoming in AHMM), as well as his essay “Hands at Rest” in This I Believe: On Fatherhood.

A former full-time journalist, Corrigan earned a master’s of fine arts degree from the University of Texas at El Paso. He has worked as a golf columnist and currently writes a weekly post for Type M for Murder. He is currently at work on a new series featuring a female border patrol agent as protagonist. See his Amazon Author’s page as well.