Jonathan Chaus studied acting and was graduated from The American Academy of Dramatic Arts. He went into filmmaking in the early 90’s, helping write and produce the independent film Loser. He continued to make films and write screenplays throughout the 90’s and early 2000’s. He wrote, directed, and starred in A Test of Will in 2005. In 2014 he joined the La Verne Writers Group, where his love for the short story was reborn. He wrote several stories and a novella, “Underground” which was published in 2016. In 2025, he published his first collection of short stories Top Ten Stories From An Eclectic Mind and in 2026 he published his second collection of short stories, Another Ten Stories From An Eclectic Mind. To Easy Death is his first book in the Jonathan Trent spy trilogy and was published in August 2026. The second book is in the editing phase and will be out in the latter months of 2026. He enjoys beer, Scotch, and cigars as well as sailing, scuba diving, and traveling.
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