John Davis (b. 1987) is a youth librarian turned novelist whose work centers teens, cities, and green spaces. Raised in Bakersfield, California, he earned a B.A. in English from UC Riverside and an M.L.I.S. from San José State University before leading creative writing workshops in public schools. He later co-founded Sprout City, a nonprofit that builds community gardens on vacant lots. His short fiction and essays have appeared in regional magazines and on public radio. Davis lives in Oakland with his partner and an elderly rescue beagle, and he spends weekends tending a plot on a college rooftop farm.
