John-Ivan Palmer

When asked where I’m from, the only answer is “everywhere and nowhere.” My life began in the backseat of a car as the only child of a traveling floorshow magician. Schooling was mostly in a dressing room or hotel lobby, but sometimes I could sneak into a classroom before being discovered as a trespasser. An alien outsider with no qualifications in the conventional job market, I began a career as a stage hypnotist and adapted to an international existence performing in night clubs, fairs, colleges, and corporate events. Parallel to my stage career, my written work has appeared in literary journals in the US and several foreign countries. My wife and I divide our time between Minneapolis and her home town of Choshi, Japan. We grow rare plants and raise large moths.