J.P. Willie was born in Covington, Louisiana to parents Gayla and Joseph Willie on October 30th, 1981. He graduated from Tara High School in Baton Rouge, Louisiana and joined the United States Army on October 20, 2000. While serving in the Army, his duty stations include: Fort Bragg (North Carolina), Caserma Ederle (Italy), Mannheim (Germany), Fort Benning (Georgia), Schofield Barracks (Hawaii) and Fort Polk (Louisiana). He served two combat tours in Afghanistan with the 82nd Airborne Division and the 173rd Airborne Brigade. He will retire from the Military in October of 2020. J.P. Willie began is writing career in March of 2008 and his first novel, Blood In The Woods, was published by HellBound Books Publishing. The story is inspired by true events that occurred during his childhood and has terrified readers across the globe. His first short story, Welcome Home Rougarou, reached #5 for short reads on Amazon.com and is now a short film. He wrote the screenplay with direction from his mentor, Shawn Anthony, CEO of Harvest Moon Motion Pictures & Television. J.P. Willie assembled the talented cast and crew for the film and served as the producer and assistant director. His second short film titled, Crybaby Bridge: A Louisiana Urban Legend, is in pre-production. J.P. Willie wrote the screenplay, serves as producer and will also directed the film. J.P. enjoys writing Horror, Psychological Thrillers, Supernatural Fiction and Dark Fiction. He is working on his first novella, Hot Summer Savior.