The North

JOHN ZERR (J.J. ZERR) was born in St. Peters, Missouri, and graduated from Duchesne High School. In 1959, he began a thirty-six year career in the Navy, during which he completed two tours on destroyers. After joining the aviation community, he flew 330 combat missions over Vietnam. Across his Navy career, he accumulated 1017 carrier landings. Following the service, he worked in the aerospace industry for eleven years. In September 2010, he began his third career as an author with the publication of his first novel, The Ensign Locker and has since published eleven novels and a book of short stories and has at least two more novels underway. Jack and his wife Karen reside in Missouri.