John Carder Bush is a respected photographer and writer. His sister is the composer and musician Kate Bush, and John's poetry narration and backing vocals have been used on several of her albums.

He is the author of the best-selling autobiography Kate: Inside the Rainbow and Cathy, winner of the British Book Design and Production Award in 2015. He has read his poetry on BBC Radio 3 and was shortlisted for the Bridport Poetry Prize in 2018. He is an accomplished martial artist and teaches in Europe and the UK.