{"id":817,"date":"2021-02-20T16:22:29","date_gmt":"2021-02-20T23:22:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.jcmckenna.com\/?page_id=817"},"modified":"2026-07-05T11:06:04","modified_gmt":"2026-07-05T17:06:04","slug":"about-j-c","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.jcmckenna.com\/?page_id=817","title":{"rendered":"About J.C."},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\r\n<section class=\"pos-r section-light hidden-xs hidden-sm \"  id=\"shortcode-b8f23d1300300fadeaddf085339cd6fd\" >\r\n\t\t<div class=\"fw-container\">\r\n\t\t<div class=\"fw-row\">\r\n\t\t\t<div id=\"shortcode-82e1389053671040ad00beb9967d8dfe\" class=\"fw-col-xs-12 fw-col-sm-12 fw-col-md-6 text-left \" >\r\n\t<img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/jcmckenna.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/11\/mckenna-headshot-300x200.jpg?resize=300%2C200&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"https:\/\/jcmckenna.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/11\/mckenna-headshot-300x200.jpg\" class=\" \" data-wow-delay=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" \/><\/div>\r\n<div id=\"shortcode-0dbc5b78b868836f63ebba8d3c36d680\" class=\"fw-col-xs-12 fw-col-sm-12 fw-col-md-6 text-left hidden-xs hidden-sm\" >\r\n\t<div class=\"SpecialHeading fw-heading  text-left mt-20 mb-60  \" id=\"shortcode-e95532e1c22ed58d5c65f39d1b8adb58\" >\r\n\t\t\t\t\t<h1 class=\"special-title\">Who Is J.C. McKenna?<\/h1>\t\t<div class=\"special-subtitle\">independent author, amateur banjo strangler<\/div>\r\n\t<\/div>\r\n\r\n<div class=\"TextBlock  \" id=\"shortcode-a01ce98937bf3f7bc53cb8e43392511f\" >\r\n\t<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">When Clark Kent duties don't keep him occupied, J.C McKenna nestles into his secret bunker in the far flung wilds of Berks County, PA. Safely ensconced there, he makes things up and then writes them down. Once in a while, he makes the brain scrawlings available for others to read. <em>Seraph<\/em> is his first novel.<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">When not writing, J.C. is a professional cat herder and amateur banjo player. He shares a cozy little home with his wife and a couple of feline criminals in Eastern Pennsylvania.<\/span><\/p><\/div><\/div>\r\n\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t<\/div>\r\n\t<\/section>\r\n<div id=\"shortcode-15159e8b15a773e0ef1f4fc9311d4493\" class=\"fw-col-xs-12 fw-col-sm-12 fw-col-md-12 text-left \" >\r\n\t<div class=\"MailchimpNewsletter  text-center  \" id=\"shortcode-700a64de3a9f8272d5ce5dfa8ce78c34\" >\r\n\r\n\t\t<div class=\"mailchimp-newsletter-header\">\r\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"SpecialHeading mb-40\">\r\n\t\t\t<h3 class=\"special-title\">Subscribe to My Newsletter<\/h3>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"special-subtitle\">new posts and short stories in your inbox<\/div>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t<div class=\"mailchimp-newsletter-content-wrapper\">\r\n\t\t<div class=\"mailchimp-newsletter-content mb-20\"><\/div>\r\n\t\t<form method=\"post\" class=\"is-mailchimp-shortcode-subscribe\">\r\n\t\t\t<fieldset>\r\n\t\t\t\t<input type=\"email\" class=\"is-mailchimp-email\" name=\"email\" placeholder=\"Your e-mail address\" value=\"\">\r\n\t\t\t\t<button class=\"btn btn-icon is-signup-button\" type=\"submit\"><span>Subscribe<\/span><\/button>\r\n\t\t\t<\/fieldset>\r\n\t\t<\/form>\r\n\t\t<div class=\"mailchimp-shortcode-message\"><\/div>\r\n\t<\/div>\r\n\r\n<\/div><\/div>\r\n<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Who Is J.C. McKenna? independent author, amateur banjo strangler When Clark Kent duties don&#8217;t keep him occupied, J.C McKenna nestles into his secret bunker in the far flung wilds of Berks County, PA. Safely ensconced there, he makes things up and then writes them down. Once in a while, he makes the brain scrawlings available&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-817","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/P2rDfa-db","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_likes_enabled":false,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":66,"url":"https:\/\/www.jcmckenna.com\/?page_id=66","url_meta":{"origin":817,"position":0},"title":"About J. C.","author":"admin","date":"November 22, 2011","format":false,"excerpt":"J. C. McKenna makes things up and writes them down. 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