John Heffernan grew up in Connecticut and graduated with a Bachelor of Arts degree in English from Cornell. Shortly thereafter, he moved to Los Angeles where he worked at USC Film School for three years as a Production Coordinator for student films. After working as a development assistant for Davis Entertainment and Dreamworks-based Patchwork Productions, John sold his first script, A Chance for Both Barrels. This was followed by numerous writing jobs including a development deal with MTV Films and the New Line release Snakes on a Plane in 2006. Since then he has continued to write extensively for film and TV and has expanded into multiple forms of graphic literary media, including Driver For The Dead, his first comic book series.