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A retired teacher from Scotland and a member of the Secular Franciscan Order, he writes across history, biography, fiction, and children's books. His work on St. Francis reflects a clear interest in faith, storytelling, and making big ideas approachable.
After a career in teaching, he turned to writing and has published books in several genres, including history, biography, fiction, and children's literature. Sources connected with his Gracewing titles describe him as a member of the Secular Franciscan Order.
He is associated with books such as The Creatures of Number 37 and St Francis' Canticle of the Creatures. Publisher and bookseller pages say he lives in Addiewell in West Lothian, Scotland, and that he is married with six children and ten grandchildren.
Because "John Watts" is a very common name, some bibliographic listings also point to other writers and scholars with the same name. The details above are limited to the author information that could be consistently matched to the Gracewing book listings found here.