Peter Parkin

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Peter was born and raised in Toronto, Ontario, Canada, and spent a fulfilling career in the insurance industry primarily in the executive ranks, retiring in 2007. His last position before retiring was Chief Operating Officer of a major national insurance company.

Mr. Parkin still serves as a Director on the board of that company, along with three other boards. He makes his home in the beautiful Rocky Mountain city of Calgary, Alberta, Canada.

He has two wonderful sons whom he's extremely proud of, and two adorable grandsons. He loves golf, tennis, and travel--but his primary love is writing novels, which has been a life-long dream. Having spent a career involved in business writing, the frustrated novelist lurked underneath ready to bust out. Peter immediately took up writing fiction once retired, and has published six exciting novels in just the last five years. The four latest releases, 'Skeleton,' 'Headhunter,' 'Serpentine,' and 'Letters from a Killer,' were collaborations with co-author, England's Alison Darby.

Peter has a lust for knowledge and has a particular interest in world affairs as well as the natural world. His novels tend to combine both. Conspiracy theories are particularly intriguing to him--and if there aren't any current ones to grab his imagination, he will generally just invent one! 'Abuse of power' is a hot button with the author, as he has seen it in business and witnessed it in the larger world around him. His novels may from time to time present these scenarios.

Peter's novels are known for their strong character development, characters that you may love or hate, but not much in between. And characters whom readers don't want to see disappear. Memorable people, but in the case of 'Mule,' a memorable dog as well!

One other trademark of Peter's novels is how they end--always with a surprise and sometimes with a shock. But, cleverly done in a way that the reader doesn't feel 'hoodwinked.' After finishing the books and catching their breaths, readers have commented, 'I should have seen that coming!' Which is the way an ending should be, not necessarily tying everything up in a nice red bow, but forcing the reader to think and allow that thinking to linger long after the book is finished.