John Coleman was born on March 13, 1962 in Washington, D.C.. He graduated from the University of Baltimore in 1985 with a Bachelor of Science degree in Business Administration. He is a long-time member of the National Amusement Park Historical Association (NAPHA). John is employed in the Omaha, NE area as a software engineer. His first book, “Historic Amusement Parks of Baltimore, An Illustrated History”, was published in August of 2014.