User:Jerry Beller

Jerry Beller (born 27 June 1957) is an American author of thrillers and historical novels. Two novels from his American Myth series are currently available, "2012" and "1993", with eight more in the series to follow the next few years. Outside the series, "Port Antonio", a romantic adventure, will be released in early 2013. Biography

[edit] Early life

Beller was born on 27 June 1957 in Vernon, Texas, but was raised in Norman, Oklahoma. He was the first child of Lawrence Beller, a supervisor for the City of Norman, and Frances Beller, who went on to have two more sons, Gary and Jeff. Beller developed an early interest in writing, spending much of his free time developing the art, with a particular interest in political thrillers and historical fiction. He became involved in politics while a student at the University of Oklahoma, becoming the college coordinator for Oklahoma for the John Anderson for President Campaign. After earning his undergraduate degree and attending graduate school, Beller moved to Washington DC to pursue a political career on Capitol Hill. Quickly becoming disenchanted with partisan politics, he moved to Jamaica to become a writer, hoping to influence the political process in this indirect way. [edit] Marriage and development as an author While living in Port Antonio, Jamaica and working on his novel, he met the love of his life, Nicola, and married her in 1990. Their son Albert Adonis was born the same year. He moved back to the United States in late 1990, and his wife and son joined him in 1991. Nicola gave birth to their daughter Alexaundrinia in 1992. While the children are now grown, their interracial marriage remains strong as ever. Beller worked a variety of jobs, but continued to write in his spare time, creating dozens of books, both in and out of the American Myth series.

While working on his writing part time, Beller organized several successful Jamaica Festivals in Florida. His family moved to Atlanta, Georgia, in 1995, where a few years later he organized and ran the Jamerica AAU Basketball Club, which has developed hundreds of varsity high school players, as well as college players. The club remains active, although Beller's participation is much more limited because he has become a full time author.

Deciding to move from being a hardworking aspiring writer to become a published author, Beller released the first novel in his American Myth series in 2012, titled "American Myth 2012". The novel covers the first black female president as she runs for reelection, while also managing two major crisises, one international dealing with the Iranian nuclear ambitions, and the other crisis dealing with major corruption in the government and corporate world. The novel mixes fictional and non-fictional characters with real current events.

Bibliography American Myth Series 2012 (2012) 1993 (2012) 1994-1996 (expected release in 2013) Jericho (expected release in 2013) Abraham (expected release in 2014) Civil War (expected release in 2015) War of Independence (expected release in 2016) ***Others in series to follow.

Jamaica series Port Antonio (expected release in 2013) Negril (expected release in 2014) [edit] External links Jerry Beller's Website: http://www.bellerjerry.com Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/jerrybellerauthor Twitter: https://twitter.com/JerryBeller1 To order novels: http://www.amazon.com/Jerry-Lawrence-Beller/e/B009ZICYKC/ref=ntt_dp_epwbk_0