Born to Run

"A spectacular political thriller... it kept me up nights" : PJ O'Rourke, international best-selling author

...Murder, Terror and Treason...

Isabel Diaz is set to be the first woman to win the White House.

But her chances plummet when a Muslim protege is accused of syphoning funds to terrorists and, seemingly unrelated, a young Australian software whizz is tossed off a London skyscraper.

Then, when a TV journalist digs up a dark secret from Isabel's past, her presidential hopes shatter.

With the public stunned, and only days before the vote, terrorists use the Australian's stolen software to launch a daring attack on New York City.

Isabel Diaz is born to run. But can she ever win?

About the Author

When it dawned on John that what got him up in the morning was writing, not his day job, he quit the job. That was after 30 years in executive life. He was then an executive director in a leading investment bank. Earlier, he’d been a partner in 2 major law firms, and a director of a publishing house.

He is a well-known business writer and commentator and his writing has appeared in a variety of publications in Australia and overseas including: The Australian, The Australian Financial Review, Company Director, Business Spectator, The Age, The Bulletin, and the UK’s Financial Times.

As well as writing, he's a board member of two stock-exchange-listed corporations and not-for-profits, as well as a co-founder of Pantera Press. He lives in Sydney with his wife, a sculptor. They have two adult children who share their passions for the arts, books, business and philanthropy.

Nowhere Man , a financial thriller with a futuristic twist, is John’s first novel.

John's second novel, Born to Run, a thriller about a US presidential election that gets derailed by murder, terror & treason, is being released in August 2011.