Jon F Merz is an American author and actor living in Massachusetts After graduating from Boston Latin School in 1988 Jon went on to attend UMassBoston where he majored in Japanese and East Asian Studies He enlisted in the United States Air Force and worked for the US Government for several years Upon leaving the service Jon spent a number of years protecting Fortune 500 clients and handling sensitive corporate investigations for companies in the financial services industry A lifelong martial artist Jon earned his 5th degree black belt directly from the 34th Grandmaster of Togakureryu Ninjutsu in Japan on February 16 2003 Married with two teenage sons Jon does CrossFit GORUCK endurance challenges and more He lives by the motto Who Dares Lives Jons first novel The Fixer was published in 2002 by Pinnacle BooksKensington Since then Jon has published over 40 novels 20 novellas and countless short stories including penning 11 installments in the bestselling Rogue Angel adventure novel series for Gold EagleHarlequin Jon fell into modeling and acting in 2014 and has since starred in many commercials in the miniseries The Cars That Made America 2017 and he plays Chloe Grace Moretzs father Mr Olsen in the forthcoming scifi thriller MotherAndroid from Miramax