JOHN ROOKS

Zero-charisma, middle-aged, semi-divorced Bill Lee travels from Maine to Hawaii for his final days. He finds salvation in the trash blowing around Waikiki beach, starts a cult by mistake, and ends up at the center of a literary mystery fighting for the soul of Hawaii.  If DeLillo and Vonnogut wrote a rock opera, it would be The Volcano God.


I have been writing novel-length manuscripts since I was a teen. I “earned” a Masters in English (Writing and Cultural Theory) from a third-rate university. Now well in my 50s, I enjoyed an early career in advertising, and for the past 25 years have served a consultant to Governments, NGOs and Fortune 500 companies helping them tell stories of environmental sustainability and related social issues. 

 

What I was listening to.