John F. Morken lives in Marin County, California, north of San Francisco. He attended the University of California at Berkeley, where he won the NCAA D1 National Championship playing rugby for the Golden Bears in 1985 and 1986. While at Cal, Mr. Morken studied Political Science, Economics, and History. After graduating from Cal, Mr. Morken attended the University of San Francisco law school. He also studied International Law at Oxford University, England. He continued playing rugby worldwide after completing his formal education and becoming a trial attorney in San Francisco.

His books cover a broad range of subject matter and genres. The Golden Hinde Conspiracy introduces attorney Conrad Olsen as the protagonist, a cynical San Francisco attorney who agrees to represent one of the distant heirs of Sir Francis Drake’s 16^th Century circumnavigation around the world and who believes Captain Drake hid a stolen fortune, only to uncover a four-century old conspiracy linking the treasure, a vanished woman, a presidential candidate, and Conrad’s own father. The hunt for the lost treasure takes place against the backdrop of the 2016 presidential election (where murder is afoot). It reveals the existence of a secret society that has been steering all Western civilization for the past six hundred years and forces Conrad to choose between the truth and the bloodline that has protected the secret.

In Godfree Beelzebub’s Masquerade, Mr. Morken ventured into a suspenseful, multilayered examination of the human condition as seen through the fallen angel Beelzebub’s eyes and the lives of the people he touches. To send Beelzebub to purgatory, the protagonist must rely on a mysterious Jesuit priest and the power of love.

Reveille In Markleeville Station is a whodunit with layers of personal conflicts between the many colorful personalities living in a remote Sierra Nevada Mountain town. Mr. Morken’s love of fly fishing and the high country of California was a substantial motivating factor that helped drive the story and its complex characters.

Grace on 395 – A Gray Wolf’s Tale, tells the story of the Mammoth wolf pack—a sprawling, epic adventure filled with danger, heartbreak, and sacrifice. Narrated by the protagonist alpha female, Freya, the story takes the reader on a harrowing journey from Oregon to California. The wolf pack must fight to survive in the wild and coexist with humans (both kind and evil) while searching for a new home.

When Worlds Collide, the prequel to The Golden Hinde Conspiracy, introduces the series protagonist, Conrad Olsen, as he races against time to save his mysterious client’s property and his life. Both Reveille In Markleeville Station and The Golden Hinde Conspiracy are currently being adapted into screenplays.