John Edmonds boasts a musical career that spans more than four decades, hundreds of cities, forty states, and fifteen countries on six continents. With twelve recorded albums to his credit, he has taken his traditionally black gospel sounds to such diverse venues as West Hollywood’s Studio One Back Lot and the Smithsonian Institute Festival of Folklore in Washington, D.C. Edmonds studied journalism and creative writing at the Western Kentucky University. He is freelance writer for www.gbmnews.com. Called, Justified, Glorified, and Gay is his first novel.