John Twelve Hawks is the author of the 2005 dystopian novel
The Traveler and the 2007 novel,
The Dark River, the first two novels in the Fourth Realm Trilogy. His identity is unknown.
John Twelve Hawks in an interview had stated that he
"lives off the grid". He aslo mentioned that he has no intention of going public. For more details and assumptions by readers about the identity of the author visit the site
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Twelve_Hawks