JON TRUMAN is the pen name for Jan Munch. He was was born and raised in central Illinois and graduated from the University of Illinois. Soon after, he began working as a radio announcer and copywriter. At the same time, he became lead vocalist for "The Marksmen," a popular Illinois rock group. In his late twenties, Munch became a Christian. He graduated from Concordia Theological Seminary with a Masters of Divinity degree and was ordained into the ministry of the Lutheran Church-Missouri Synod. He has pastored congregations in Illinois and Tennessee, and founded an internet video ministry, Ads4Christ (www.ads4christ.org). Munch lives with his wife Linda in East Tennessee.