J. D. Barker

Jonathan Dylan Barker (born January 7, 1971, in Lombard, Illinois) is an American author of suspense, thriller and horror novels. His debut novel Forsaken was nominated for a Bram Stoker Award. He is the author of the Fourth Monkey series, beginning with The Fourth Monkey (2017), and co-wrote the novel Dracul (2018) with Dacre Stoker. He has also collaborated with James Patterson on The Coast-to-Coast Murders, The Noise, Death of the Black Widow, Confessions of the Dead and The Writer. He advocates for neurodiversity awareness.