John McCormick is a lawyer and author living in Washington, D.C. The grandson of a Gettysburg war veteran and the son of a U.S. Marine Corps officer who served in the South Pacific in World War Two, he has long held an interest in history and the people who shape it. He began writing his debut novel, The Masks We Wear, set during the First World War after a visit to the Western Front inspired him to write about the men and women who fought that war in the trenches and on the home front.
The father of two grown sons, he is the author of “Dad, Tell Me a Story,” How to Revive the Tradition of Storytelling with Your Children (Nicasio Press 2013). The book contains 25 stories he created with his sons when they were young boys, and provides guidance to parents on how to create an interactive, storytelling tradition in their own families.
John has been a frequent speaker and storytelling advocate at schools, book clubs, parent associations, fairs, libraries, and summer camps, having made presentations to the National Child Research Center, a prestigious preschool in Washington, D.C., and the Parents League of New York, one of the oldest parent associations in the United States. As a Contributor to HuffPo for four years, he penned a parenting column sharing insights reflecting the wonder and joy of raising kids. His feature articles include Parenting with Grace, President Obama, Why You Should Come to Gettysburg, and Bridging the General Divide Between a Football Father and a Soccer Son, which was published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, Savvas, and Pearson in junior and high school literature text books.