Daniel Lee Johns was born and raised in Florida, and currently lives in Tallahassee. After earning a paralegal degree and working for a large law firm for several years, he earned both BS and MS degrees in criminology, and also nearly completed a PhD in the same field. He has been an editor for many years, and an author of mostly academic papers. After a twenty-two year hiatus, he returned to the fiction genre in 2010. An avid singer-songwriter, he is also a published musician.
What do a traveling Saudi Arabian princess, seven aspiring fashion models, a doctor’s receptionist and a promiscuous newspaper reporter have in common? Most of them spent time naked in a makeshift dungeon known locally as the ‘Cowstail Keep,’ and most of them ended up in a mass grave.
A Facebook diary, compiled from months of status updates and random notes written by an accidental humorist. “Today, I am Thankful for…” is presented as a journal of some very tender miscellaneous ramblings that punctuate a whole lot of very funny, transcripted conversations between Oregonian Jerilyn O’Brien Stone and her family, friends, coworkers, and even her special-needs students.