One of the authors of BalonaBooks, Jonathan Pearce is based at Stockton, California, and sometimes at South Lake Tahoe. Jonathan has been a teacher--for primary grade kiddies through university graduate school grownups--for much of his adult life. He holds degrees from the University of the Pacific and has much advanced study and experience teaching in music, English, languages, counseling psychology, and education. In addition to having written many books, Jonathan has also been a professional musician, performing on stage and radio. He is a California credentialed Language Development Specialist, now plays the cello for fun, and does Asian martial arts to try to keep himself in shape. Kids often describe his appearances via phone and/or e-mail as "fun" and "helpful," never a bore.

Jonathan writes stories for BalonaBooks part-time, and part-time advises new teachers and teacher interns on their classroom practice for the California State University, Stanislaus. He no longer makes in-person presentations to students in elementary and secondary schools, but he is experienced in participating in conferences with such classes via telephone or e-mail, on appointment. With students and teachers he can discuss his (and their) experiences with various writing processes, the place and importance of vocabulary, and how to (try to) get writing published. As he is also publisher of BalonaBooks, Jonathan can discuss with kids how publishing works (and doesn't work!). You can get in touch with him and make conference arrangements easily via his e-mail below. Telephone and/or e-mail conferences do work!

You can also get in touch with other authors of BalonaBooks right here:
Joaquin Peralta and
A. John Graves and
the widow of great teacher Robert J. Hanlon