Jonathan Walter

Fiction & non-fiction author | Design & Product Leader | Entrepreneur & Inventor

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meet jon

Jonathan Walter is a User Experience (UX) designer, product strategist, leader, entrepreneur, and published author of nonfiction and fiction, which includes his debut novel, The Towpath, a time travel suspense thriller, which was released in the Fall of 2024. Jon’s professional skills include team management, mentorship, product strategy, interaction design, user interface (UI) design, user research, and copywriting. Jon is an internationally recognized expert in UX and an inventor with 19 patents.

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UX work

While Jon has crossed the fence over into UX and product leadership, he still tries to keep his UX design chops up to date. View Jon’s work and approach to design and strategy..

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writing on Ux

Writing on topics relating to UX is a passion of Jon’s, and one of the ways in which he gives back to the UX community. Check out some of his articles, which have been published by UXmatters, UX Collective, and The Startup.

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fiction writing

Jon’s short fiction has been published by the likes of Hellbound Books, Dark Dossier, and The Great Lakes Association of Horror Writers (GHOSTLIGHT).

His debut novel, THE TOWPATH, a time travel suspense thriller, was released in November, 2024 by Collective Ink. The novel’s title is inspired by the Ohio & Erie Canal Towpath Trail in the Cuyahoga Valley National Park—which is where much of the story is set—and is about fourteen-year-old AARON PORTER finding himself in the crosshairs of a time-traveling killer and her band of warriors from the past. The Towpath is available on Amazon , Barnes & Noble, and several other online bookstores!

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Purchase THE TOWPATH

Jon’s debut novel is Available in paperback and ebook. find it now in your favorite online bookstore.