JOHN THOMAS DONNELLY

Media room

Press resources

Approved biography, author photograph, catalogue and interview material for journalists, booksellers, podcasters and event organizers.

Short biography

Approved bio

John Thomas Donnelly writes literary fiction, crime, suspense and alternate history. His work returns to rooms, records, institutions and the consequences that remain after an official story has been settled.

Interview topics

Conversation areas

  • Building an alternate America from one domestic law
  • Music, ownership and ambition inside Studio 6
  • Family violence and the three-file structure of They Called It Love Anyway
  • Records, civic pressure and Water Street in The Transmission Era
  • Writing short fiction in distinct voices
  • Independent publishing and building a multi-title catalogue

Catalogue

Current titles

  • They Called It Love Anyway: A Novel in Three Files
  • Studio 6
  • The Room — Book One of The Transmission Era
  • Set Pieces
  • A Claim Against the Dark
  • The Cut — forthcoming January 15, 2027

Suggested questions

Interview starter

  1. Why did you make the private home the central battleground in The Transmission Era?
  2. What can a rehearsal-room ledger reveal that a character will not say aloud?
  3. Why did They Called It Love Anyway require three files rather than one continuous narrative?
  4. What attracts you to rooms, records and objects that outlast the people using them?
  5. How do you choose a different voice for each story in Set Pieces?
  6. What changes when a record becomes the battleground rather than merely evidence?

Availability

Inquiries

Available for interviews, readings, podcasts, bookseller events and festival conversations.

Contact John