In Southern Oregon, during the Great Depression... Fourteen-year-old, Johnathan Baylee, lives on a farm with his parents and sister. When Johnathan Baylee's hound dog is killed by a puma, he loses a close hunting companion, and a friend. He is haunted by the loss of his dog, until he vows to hunt the puma down. He secretly plans the adventure with his friend, Harold, knowing his parents wouldn't want him hunting a puma. It all goes according to plan... until Johnathan's sister tags along.
J.P. Biddlecome debuted in 2019 with Infantry Soldier, a civil war historical fiction. That same year he self-published Big Noise, a YA survival adventure, which won the Author of the Year Award. The following year, Oldman, a hunting adventure for teens. His proudest achievement was his 2021 release, Red on White, a castaway survival romance that won the Reader Views Choice Awards. J.P. currently calls Southern Oregon home, where he can be found hiking, fishing, playing video games, and writing with his wife and fellow author, Rebecca J. Bastian.