My major influences in writing are H.G. Wells and Stephen King (Who I share my birthday with) Rod Serling and Edgar Allan Poe.        

Graduate Bishop Borgess High School Class of 1990,


Served in United States Marine Corps 1991-1995,


Honorable Discharge,


Good Conduct Medal,


Armed Forces Expeditionary Medal,

National Defense Medal,

Joint Meritorious Unit Citation Ribbon,

Overseas Duty ribbon w/star,

Letter of Appreciation for Service in Operation Restore Hope Somalia Africa,

City of Detroit Police Officer June 1996 - December 1998
Departmental Citation for capture of Bank Robbery suspect,

Suburban Detroit Police Officer (Downriver area)December 1998-Present, Officer of the Month April 1999, D.A.R.E/G.R.E.A.T Officer August 2000-2004.

My novel Warpath has sold like wild fire. Since September of 2003, I have sold nearly 2000 copies. I've had book signings at the Borders Books in Taylor and Dearborn, Michigan and was interviewed by a metro Detroit Newspaper in October of 2003 and by the Detroit Free Press in July of 2004. Recently I sold autographed copies of Warpath at GENCON 2006 in Indianapolis and currently working on a joint collaboration with Kevin Siembieda of Palladium Books. We are developing a Role Playing Game called Warpath: Urban Jungle, based on my novel. It is scheduled for release in the near future. In October of 2006 I was published in Palladium Books Rifter #36 with the short story of the mythological creature NAIN ROUGE. In August 2008, I co-authored the story Peddler's End for Rifts: Tales from the Chi-Town Burbs for Palladium Books with Kevin Siembieda. Released 9-14-2009 Digging for the Truth: The Final Resting Place of Jimmy Hoffa

Spectre Publishing

Palladium Books
Rifts, Beyond the Supernatural, Heroes Unlimited.

Shadows of My Mind
The works of J.A. Barnes

Digging for the Truth: The Final Resting Place of Jimmy Hoffa
Webpage regarding the latest infomation regarding the Jimmy Hoffa case.