J. F. Dargon is the author of the children's book Beetle and Lady Bug and has authored the novels Private Revolution and Carry Me!, the historical fiction novel Josiah Ironknife: Colonial Warrior, as well as the YA sci-fi novel The Plinkers and the true crime novel Cold Valentine. His next work scheduled to be published is Rough Hurech: Adventurer, and he is currently writing a multivolume history. A native of Boston, J. F. Dargon is a graduate of Cape Cod Community College and is a Phi Alpha Theta graduate of the University of Massachusetts/Dartmouth and a navy veteran. He lives on Cape Cod with his wife and children and grandchildren.