John H. Sibley is an accomplished artist/author/teacher/veteran--Art and music have always been a part of his life. He grew up in a Chicago household listening to his father play the Boogie Wookie on his Steinway Grand Piano. His father was offered a gig with the Count Basie Band, but he opted to marry and raise a family. John credits his cousin Levi, who is now blind, for mentoring
him in art.
His sci-fi novel BODYSLICK (he created 52 illustrations) was published in 2008 by Vibe/Kensington in New York. Articles written and about Mr. Sibley has been in numerous publications: " To keep me reading is truly saying something." John W. Fountain, New York Times
"With creative writers like Sibley the sky is the limit." Rob Kenner, Vibe fiction editor
" BODYSLICK" is set in a dystopian version of modern-day Chicago." Sam Feldman, Chicago Weekly
" An absurdly gory novel." Publishers Weekly"
"Sibley shows us that a futuristic Chicago is not for the timid." Library Journal, Rollie Welch
"There is an undulating jazz beat that courses through the work of John Sibley." Mary Houlihan, Chicago Suntimes
" The preface was the best I have ever read." Goodreads
Sibley is a 2007 American Sports Artist nominee. His paintings are owned by former Chicago Bull, John Salley, NFL icon Walter Payton, Mike Tyson, Revey Sorey,author Manik D.Dover, Mayor Richard J. Daley of Chicago.
He has appeared on WGN channel 9 in Chicago, ABC with Jim Rose, WNUA with jazz icon Ramsey Lewis, and was a courtroom artist for CNN--covered the FLN trial.

Mr. Sibley is a 1994 graduate of the School of the Art Institute of Chicago, holding a BFA in fine art. Sibley worked 23 years as a supervisor for a hi-tech acoustic company and now teaches in the Chicago public school system. He lives in Chicago and has two daughters and a son and five grandchildren.