Bio: John Toombs, author of 34 published books during his lifetime, loved history. He wrote gothics, Regencies, historicals and westerns?all set in the past. Born and raised in Upstate New York, he spent much of his life in Arizona and California. Since he and Jane Toombs edited each other?s books before submitting them, Jane was familiar with each book?s contents. This made revising and updating FLAG a real pleasure. Since both their initials were the same, she chose to list J. E Toombs as the author. Award winning Jane Toombs, widow of J. E. Toombs, is the author of 80 plus published books, and twenty short stories or novellas, stand-alone or in anthologies. She writes in many genres, but her favorite to write and read is paranormal.