J.C. Benthin has been writing since a young age winning a Father's Day essay contest with the Kansas City Star justifying "Why my Dad’s the Best Outdoorsman" which won a John Deere Lawnmower and a Weber Grill. In college, a literary agent pursued the author for a collection of essays.  Adulthood brought the opportunity to write stories for a next generation interactive publisher as well as an option on a screenplay by a Hollywood producer. The Kingston Chronicles initially began with a TV pilot titled Three Zero and expanded into a debut novel titled Catapult set ten years earlier followed by Slingshot. The author resides in Berkeley, California.