John Jerome (November 7, 1932 - February 25, 2002) was an American writer of nonfiction.
In 1962, he moved to New York City to serve as managing editor of Car and Driver magazine until 1964.
After living in Detroit for a time, working as a copywriter, in 1965 he divorced his wife, and a year later married Christine McCall, a writer and editor.
Jerome freelanced as an editor and magazine writer, and wrote a dozen books, as well as the annual Complete Runner’s Day-by-Day Log and Calendar which he produced from 1986 through 2003.
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