John J. Nance

John J. Nance writes aviation thrillers with the perspective of a longtime pilot, attorney, and air-safety analyst. Lockout, published by WildBlue Press in 2016, imagines a passenger aircraft whose automated systems sever the crew’s control and reverse its course over the Atlantic. The flight team must understand the malfunction while radio contact fails and governments interpret the aircraft’s movement as a wider threat. Nance has said the premise grew from his attention to increasing cockpit automation and the practical question of what could go wrong. His professional background includes service as an Air Force pilot, work as an airline captain, and broadcasting as an aviation analyst for ABC News and Good Morning America. Those roles support the novel’s technical vocabulary, cockpit procedures, and concern with communication under pressure. Nance’s other aviation novels include Pandora’s Clock, Medusa’s Child, Headwind, and Blackout. Lockout continues his use of plausible flight systems as the engine of fast-moving suspense.