John W. Feist

John W. Feist is the American author of a series of political thrillers, “Night Rain, Tokyo” (2018), "Blind Trust" (2019), and "Doubt and Debt" (2021), plus two literary novels, “The Color of Rain” (2021) and "Edged In Purple" (2024). He is semiretired from a career in business law in California and government relations advocacy in Washington, D.C. His work experiences planted the seeds for his thrillers with their lawyer-protagonist, observations of Japanese culture, and high-stakes international business deals. Having inherited from his mother, an Equity actor, a love of drama and literature, Feist has appeared on Washington, D.C.-area stages, and provided live audio descriptions of theatre and opera performances for The John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts. He holds a BA in philosophy from the University of Kansas and a JD from Stanford Law School. Feist lives in Falls Church, Virginia. He has two sons and two grandchildren who live in California.