John DeDakis

Novelist and Writing Coach John DeDakis is a former Senior Copy Editor on CNN’s “The Situation Room with Wolf Blitzer.” DeDakis (pronounced deh-DAY-kiss) is the author of five novels in the Lark Chadwick mystery-suspense-thriller series: Fast Track, Bluff, Troubled Water, Bullet in the Chamber, and Fake. Bullet in the Chamber is the winner of Reviewers Choice, Foreword INDIES, and Feathered Quill book awards. His most recent novel, Fake, earned Honorable Mention for
the Reviewers Choice Award and was a Finalist for two book awards: Killer Nashville’s Silver
Falchion, and the CLUE Award.