About The Author
J. Anthony Kraus’s books explore what happens when humans realize they were never in charge. Each story blends satire and survival to expose uncomfortable truths beneath the humor.
Meet J. Anthony Kraus
My military perspective comes from my service in the US Air Force, stationed in Minot, ND as a Nuclear Weapons Specialist. Following that, I worked in advertising for 20 plus years, from the bottom, as an illustrator and finally as a Creative Director, responsible for all final art and written content. I actually wrote radio commercials and one television dog food commercial.
During that time, I became interested in writing fiction. I started with a story about Big Foot, written as a screenplay.
Since then, I’ve written many stories and started Go Zilla, but let it rest for years. Practicing my writing when I could and reading many books on writing, I eventually returned to Go Zilla with many new ideas. I was originally inspired by Mel Brooks’ movie: Young Frankenstein, probably the movie I have watched more often than any other. I wanted to explore the monster genre with some humor. Watching Godzilla movies offered me many ideas.
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More About J. Anthony Kraus
At the core of my work is a fascination with human behavior, especially how people react when plans fall apart, authority fails, or the world simply refuses to cooperate. I’m not interested in easy heroes or clean victories. I write about flawed people trying to navigate chaos, sometimes successfully, sometimes not, and often learning something uncomfortable along the way.
J. Anthony Kraus
Email: janthonykraus@gmail.com
In Go Xielje!, I use the monster genre to explore media spectacle, institutional failure, and our tendency to cheer instead of act. In Don’t Kill the Raccoons, I turn inward, drawing from real-life experiences to look at masculinity, entitlement, and coexistence with humor and honesty. On the surface, these books are very different, but at their core, they’re both asking the same question: what happens when control slips away?
I live at the intersection of satire and sincerity. I believe humor is often the most effective way to tell the truth. My goal is to make readers laugh first, then pause and think a little longer than they expected to.