John Costello was born in Watford, Hertfordshire to Irish parents. As a young man he was engaged on the M.C.C. Young Professional Cricketer's staff at Lord's Cricket Ground and represented them in several matches at the famous Mecca of cricket prior to entering the RAF to complete his National Service. On returning to civvy street, he worked at numerous jobs: cricket coach, groundsman, insurance salesman, before retiring. It was then that he began writing as a hobby and went on to self publish some novels and short stories, mostly dealing with the theme of cricket. Recently though, he has written a novel about life in general, drawing upon his interests in drama and music which will soon be made available, besides other titles. At present his true story PHONE CALL TO SINATRA will also be made availabe soon. He now lives on the Isle of Wight.