Author of six books, including
Max and the Great Oregon Fire
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“Brilliant storytelling. Fresh, witty, unexpected and effortless.”
(5 star review)
"This is pure creative writing for the love of the art;
J.S. Lender isn't holding anything back." (5 star review)
Terror at Twin Lakes (2023) is a novella chock-full of horror and suspense about a California family on a camping trip in the summer of 1984. Also includes a new collection of surfing tales by J.S. Lender.
Max and the Great Oregon Fire (2023) is a thrilling novella for young readers: 13-year-old Max takes a family trip to Oregon to visit his grandparents for the summer. While Max's country vacation begins with an exhilarating white water rafting adventure, it ends with Max and his ill-equipped family running for their lives from a raging inferno that threatens them all.
Emma and the Starry Night (2022) is an enthralling, suspenseful novella and short story collection for young readers.
White Sail, Blue Seas is a book of adult fiction published in 2021 which delivers more than 30 superb tales, including many ocean themed and surfing stories, as well as
the ultra-suspenseful Night Train.
Kaia and the Whale: Stories was published in 2020 and contains 16 enthralling tales for young readers, including the new novelettes "The Mummies of El Toro" and "Fire in the Sky."
They Are Here Now: Short Tales was published in 2019 and delivers more than 40 magnificent short stories for adults,
including suspense, horror, westerns, surfing stories,
and some relationship tales.