Joe D. Gannon Is an author of crime fiction, a regular op-ed writer and freelance journalist and editor in the 1980s. 2014: "Night of the Jaguar" published by St. Martins/Minotaur. "Possessed of a lyrical beauty once thought beyond the genre."https://www.publishersweekly.com/978-1-250-04802-8[1] 2016 "The Last Dawn" published by Minotaur. US Army 1975-1978 UMass Amherst 1978-84. BA. Pine Manor College, 2011, MFA/Fiction 2006-2020 Op-ed columnist for the Daily Hampshire Gazette; Valley Advocate; Springfield Republican.