John M. Simmons is the author of The Marvelous Journey Home and To Sing Frogs. He and his wife, Amy, have adopted several children from Russia and the United States.
An adoption advocate and “Papa” to nine children—three biological and six adopted—John M. Simmons chronicles his family’s journey of love, laughter and discovery of what it means to be a family through international adoption. His award-winning novel The Marvelous Journey Home and his memoir, To Sing Frogs, detail the Simmons family’s quest to adopt six children rescued from an impoverished rural Russian orphanage and raise them in a serene mountain valley near Park City, Utah.
Simmons appears frequently as an adoption advocate and to share his experience with international adoption in television, radio and newspaper interviews. He makes regular book club appearances, and is a frequent guest speaker for various civic and other groups to increase awareness about international adoption. Simmons lives with his wife, Amy, and their children in Kamas, Utah.
