John B, Edwards is a retired Georgia Bureau of Investigation agent and former Chief deputy sheriff. During his career, he worked on many narcotic cases, working undercover to infiltrate street networks, gangs, and major smuggling rings. He also worked on public corruption investigations involving state and local officials. Most of his career involved investigating and managing many major homicide cases.

John has a Bachelor of Science degree from Georgia Southern University. A Master of Science degree in strategic leadership from the University of Charleston. He is an adjunct professor at the Georgia Law Enforcement Command College graduate school at Columbus State University.

John is the author of six books, co-author of one, and has published numerous national and international works on criminal investigation, public safety operations, leadership, and management.

John currently travels throughout the United States, lecturing for many federal, state, and local law enforcement and public safety agencies, colleges and universities, and private sector and corporate associations regarding leadership and management, and on seminars based on his books, "The Burden of Command" and "Homicide Investigative Praxis."

 John is also the author of four novels: "Sunlight over the Marshes," focusing on drug smuggling in coastal Georgia in the 1970s; "Darkness under the Oaks," about organized crime in coastal Georgia; "Winds through the Pines," about politics and corruption; and "Shadows in the Squares," a suspenseful murder mystery.