Exciting News: John’s latest Sean Coleman thriller, Safeguard, just won FIRST PLACE in the 2020 CIPA EVVY Awards (Thriller/Suspense category)! John is honored to be recognized by the Colorado Independent Publishers Association, and is thrilled to have won such a prestigious award among many talented authors. He’d also like to thank his publisher, BQB Publishing, […]
Safeguard (book 4 in the Sean Coleman Thriller series) is now on audiobook! “Safeguard is a fast, fun page-turner whose twists and turns kept me reading well into the night. John Daly delivers his mix of wry humor with pulse pounding action that keeps you guessing til the very end. An entertaining, engaging read.” — […]
UPDATE (9/1/2020): The winner was drawn on September 1st. Congratulations to Dennis Corbett, whose name will be used in the next Sean Coleman thriller. And thank you to all who participated in this drawing! John is hard at work on the 5th Sean Coleman Thriller. How would YOU like to be in it? You read […]
This just in: John’s latest Sean Coleman thriller, Safeguard, has been selected as a finalist in the 2020 CIPA EVVY Awards (Thriller/Suspense category). John is honored to be recognized by the Colorado Independent Publishers Association. This is his second time as an EVVY finalist; his novel, Broken Slate, was recognized in 2018. First place winners […]
John did a Facebook Live event on April 2nd to talk (and answer questions) about his Sean Coleman Thriller series. It was a lot of fun and very informative. He’ll be doing more Facebook Lives in the future, but if you missed the 4/2 broadcast, you can watch it below. Enjoy!
Note: This parenting column originally ran in the Greeley Tribune back in November of 2013. I’m asked about it on occasion, so I share it every year around this time, in the spirit of Thanksgiving. Enjoy! The old proverb “it takes a village to raise a child” has become a bit of a controversial phrase […]
“Sean admired loyalty, and after some dark family revelations from the year before had prompted him to leave his mountain home of Winston, he was ready for some of it in his life.” Rocco, Sean’s elderly miniature dachshund from From a Dead Sleep (book #1 in the Sean Coleman Thriller series), ended up being a […]
“The man was likely armed—all of Kishiyama’s people were—but Sean prayed he’d caught the individual by surprise.” Safeguard releases across the globe today! And to celebrate, here’s an exclusive action-scene excerpt from chapter 18 of John A. Daly’s novel. Enjoy! The kitchen and control room didn’t have doors, so Sean ran down the hallway toward […]
Missile Site Park in Colorado is the setting for John A. Daly’s new thriller novel, Safeguard. It also happens to be a real place from which John drew inspiration for his book. Active in the early 1960s during the Cold War, the retired facility has been owned by Weld County since the 70s, and is […]
Greetings, all. Those of you who’ve been following me for a while know that I do quite a bit of writing, whether it’s for political columns, entertainment pieces, or the next Sean Coleman thriller. Between my writing and my other projects, I don’t have a lot of time to blog for my website. But I’m […]