John P. Weiss is a writer, artist, and former chief of police with twenty-six years of law enforcement experience. He holds a master's degree in criminal justice administration, and his work appears in The Guardian, NBC News, Good Men Project, Becoming Minimalist, Mr. Feelgood, and elsewhere online.

John is the author of "What Life Should Be About: Elegant Essays on the Things That Matter," and "An Artful Life: Inspirational Stories and Essays for the Artist in Everyone."

John writes elegant stories and essays about life, designed to move and inspire readers. Thousands subscribe to John's free newsletter, The Saturday Letters. 

John lives with his family in Nevada.