J. Barker was born in Philadelphia Pennsylvania. When a young boy he and his family moved to Horsham Philadelphia. As an adult he showed a compensity to animals. J became disabled in 1998 and he found himself dabbling in writing about his pets, family, and other topics. After many pennings on various subjects his wife suggested he go ahead and get his thoughts into writing. So he put into writing his thoughts for this book. He put these thoughts into a child's book to be enjoyed by children everywhere. He will be writing about Ethan and his four legged friends to publish his first books.