John R.
Kouris
About The author
John R. Kouris writes from a life spent balancing truth, judgment, and quiet observation.
An attorney and lifelong resident of Northwest Indiana, he brings six decades of experience in law, leadership, and mentorship to his work.
For twenty-one years, he led DRI–Lawyers Representing Business, the world’s largest defense bar association, and helped establish the National Foundation for Judicial Excellence.
Beyond the courtroom, Kouris spent thirty-nine seasons as a football official, twenty-five at the Division I level.
Those years under stadium lights shaped his understanding of the themes of integrity, decision, and consequence that echo throughout his fiction.
He writes not to escape reality, but to reveal it slowly, truthfully, one sentence at a time.
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invisible
Invisible follows Garrett D. Woodruff, a Vietnam veteran turned Division I football official, who lives by precision and silence until his past comes roaring back.
When a former love reappears, entangled with the Russian mob, Garrett must navigate loyalty, guilt, and the fragile morality of doing the right thing.
Set against the backdrop of college football and the lingering shadows of war, Invisible is both a suspenseful narrative and a quiet meditation on duty, forgiveness, and the unseen lives of men who live by rules few ever notice.
Told with restraint and empathy, it’s a story of how integrity can make a person both visible and invisible and how, sometimes, the truest battles are the ones no one sees.
Testimonials
Reading Invisible felt like overhearing the truth behind small talk, the moments men rarely speak aloud.
Kouris captures the tension of life lived by rules when to blow the whistle, when to stay silent.
The writing is grounded and intimate. You can smell the rain on the turf, feel the weight of old choices.
See What’s Been Hiding in Plain Sight.
Experience the world of Invisible, where justice, loyalty, and love collide under stadium lights.
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