J.A. Faura

Psychopathy, forensic genomics, parapsychology, personality disorder, if it has something to do with the extreme edges of the human psyche, J.A. Faura is hooked. Trying to figure out why people do the things they do and what shapes someone’s personality has been a passion of his since childhood. As a teen J.A. got in trouble with the law and after spending some time in correctional facilities in California and Tijuana, decided to focus his interest in human behavior on extreme, aberrant and criminal behavior and why people engage in it. At times he got a bit too close to the criminal behavior and he ended up having to evade either the police or other people also engaged in catching up to him.

After earning a law degree and clerking for the District Attorney’s and Public Defender’s office, he brought his two passions together: criminal defense law and behavioral science. He also served as a certified court interpreter where he was the voice and ears for the defense lawyers and their clients. He had the unique experience of being the only person between a defense attorney and a murder suspect, hearing everything they each had to say to each other during trial provided some spine-chilling accounts of murders and a look into what made a murderer tic.

As a result of those experiences he embarked on an academic path to better understand criminal behavior. He has also been researching and exploring the intersection of science and the law. With the emergence of new research and technological tools, the fields of forensic science and genetics are poised to rewrite criminal law and J.A. plans on having a front row seat. As an author J.A. Faura seeks to paint frightening scenarios driven by true science, legal theory and the extremes of human behavior.

His series Beyond a Psychopath presents one such scenario as it explores what comes after humans in the evolutionary chain. Apex Predator is the first book in the series. The second book, The Human Element, will be released in the spring of 2015. Juan lives in Dallas with his wife Irais Faura and has three children, Juan 25, Amanda 23 and Sebastian 21. He also has two other babies: Baron, a 130-pound dogue de Bordeaux and a boxer named Lola. In addition to writing and reading he enjoys, Krav Maga, competitive chess and watching movies.