John M. King, a native Hoosier, is a retired Vocational Education teacher with a B.S. degree from Indiana State University, Terre Haute, and an M.S. degree from Indiana University. While attending school, he was the staff cartoonist for The Indianapolis Student, the Indiana University student newspaper. He worked 21 years for the Indianapolis Public School system as an Industrial Cooperative Training Coordinator and served as a tennis coach. He authored an Audel series book entitled, Concrete Walkways Projects (under the name Jack King), and has written two other books- a science fiction novel about an inventor, biker and pilot and a children'd cartoon book about using tools. He is a licensed private pilot.