John Wright

John Wright was born in 1941 in Bruce County, Ontario Canada. Graduate of Ryerson College in journalism, Wright was a newspaper reporter and columnist for more than 25 years around his province. He is the winner of eight provincial writing awards and one Canadian national outdoor writing award. When he retired, he and his wife Elaine bought a 35-foot sailboat and cruised the Bahamas for some years. While travelling through Wales, he came across an historic reference that was to be the basis of his medieval tale of two men from the East. He submitted his first manuscript of THE HEALER to an Amazon novel writing contest which he did not win but scored in the top 20 finalist. It encouraged him to go on. Having put 1066 THE HEALER, and now 1066 KNIGHT HARALDE on Amazon and Kindle. He now is working on THE WELSH LORDS, the final in the trilogy of these two young men who walk The Silk

Road and The Welsh Trail. He and his wife Elaine live in their own home overlooking Lake Huron in Ontario, Canada.

Recently, John joined authors in Word On The Street, a coast-to-coast Canada literary event. Dressed in a Saxon chair mail and helmet costume in his street kiosk, John attracted readers who love medieval history. He was amazed when young boys came to ask about 1066, King Harold and William the Conqueror (see photos). "Teenage boys wanted to know more. I was surprised by how much they knew of that period in English history".