Jeff McArthur grew up in Lincoln, Nebraska where he began writing at a young age. He started making movies when he was 15, and went to New York University for film school. After college he moved to Los Angeles where he worked on a number of films until he circled back around to writing in 2011, releasing the novel The Table oArthur grew up in Lincoln, Nebraska where he began writing at a young age. He started making movies when he was 15, and went to New York University for film school. After college he moved to Los Angeles where he worked on a number of films until he circled back around to writing in 2011, releasing the novel The Table of Truth.McArthur followed this up with a historical book called Pro Bono - The 18-Year Defense of Caril Ann Fugate; which was about his grandfather's involvement in a case where a 14-year-old girl was taken by her ex-boyfriend on a murder spree. His grandfather felt so strongly about her innocence that he continued to defend her until she was released from prison. The story was the inspiration for Bruce Springsteen's album Nebraska, Terrence Malick's and Peter Jackson's first major movies, and Stephen King's entire careeMcArthur followed this up with a historical book called Pro Bono - The 18-Year Defense of Caril Ann Fugate; which was about his grandfather's involvement in a case where a 14-year-old girl was taken by her ex-boyfriend on a murder spree. His grandfather felt so strongly about her innocence that he continued to defend her until she was released from prison. The story was the inspiration for Bruce Springsteen's album Nebraska, Terrence Malick's and Peter Jackson's first major movies, and Stephen King's entire career.
He then wrote a series of short stories, pick your path books, and a novel for the science fiction series Relic Worlds; about an anthropologist searching for ancient alien civilizations. McArthur also released The Great Heist, about the largest bank robbery in history, a year after Pro Bono. This book is being followed up with a companion book about Al Capone's long lost brother called Two Gun Hart.
The American Game was released on the 4th of July on the 150th anniversary of the last year of the Civil War, as well as the events depicted in the book. It took McArthur 20 years to bring this story to print.
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