Justin Gustainis was born in Northeast Pennsylvania in 1951. He attended college at the University of Scranton, a Jesuit university that figures prominently in several of his writings.
After earning both Bachelor's and Master's degrees, he was commissioned a Lieutenant in the U. S. Army.
Following military service, he held a variety of jobs, including speechwriter and professional bodyguard, before earning a Ph.D. at Bowling Green State University in Ohio.
He was married to Patricia A. Grogan of Toledo, Ohio, from 1977 until her death in 2007. He misses her a lot.
Mr. Gustainis currently lives in Plattsburgh, New York. He is a Professor of Communication at Plattsburgh State University, where he earned the SUNY Chancellor's Award for Excellence in Teaching in 2002.
His academic publications include the book American Rhetoric and the Vietnam War, published in 1993, and a number of scholarly articles that hardly anybody has ever read.
In the Summer of 2008, he attended the Odyssey Writing Workshop.
Now he writes crime, horror, and urban fantasy fiction.
His most recent novels are SYMPATHY FOR THE DEVIL and EVIL DARK, he has just released two novellas in one volume; PLAYING WITH FIRE and MIDNIGHT AT THE OASIS. And his next book, KNOWN DEVIL is set for publication in January next year.
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