Jack Woodville London

Jack Woodville London is a historian and award-winning author who is Director Emeritus of Writing Education for the Military Writers Society of America (MWSA). He first studied creative writing under crime fiction author Peter May in St. Céré, France, and is presently a postgraduate student at Rewley College, Oxford University. He lives in Austin, Texas.

Jack is also a speaker and seasoned writing teacher, who participates in speaking opportunities with state, national and international historical and writing groups, including MWSA, the Writers League of Texas, SouthWest Writers, Historical Novel Society, Austin Public Library Book Festival, Louisiana Book Festival, Sons of the Republic of Texas, Daughters of the Republic of Texas and Historical Writers of America. He was given the President’s Award by MWSA in 2022 for his contribution to teaching the craft of creative writing to military veterans. He was the keynote speaker for two 80th anniversary D-Day memorial services and the 100th anniversary of the Armistice in France. He has recently been invited to speak at the 2026 Pearl Harbor Memorial Service.

Jack has written five historical novels and one nonfiction book used by the Military Writers Society of America to introduce veterans to the basics of writing.