John R Kess is a thriller and young adults author from Minneapolis Minnesota. John's debut novel is titled "Finding Hannah." This is a young adults novel that was published in May of 2012. His second novel, a thriller titled “Elly's Ghost”, was published in the December of 2012.
 
John is a graduate of the University of Minnesota and holds a B.S in Mechanical Engineering and an M.S. in Industrial and Systems Engineering. John admits to being a writer with an engineering problem. He is currently working on a third yet untitled novel.