In June, 2000, two college students — Amy Shute and Jason Burgeson — were approached by a group of men. Forced into the backseat and driven to a remote location, they were murdered in cold blood.
Following this brutal double homicide, Johnston, RI D
A raw in your face story of teenage love, lust, murder, and revenge set in the Bronx in the early seventies, where the cold business world of organize crime melds with the brutality of street gang warlords that ignites a winner takes all battle for u
I am now a crime fiction writer in addition to all the non-fiction work, and enjoy telling stories in a very different way
I grew up in New Zealand, took a PhD in Australia working on India, and since then have lived and worked in several different countries.
Living and working in other cultures has broadened my outlook considerably, while my training as an historian taught me to "read" situations and people as well as texts. That background and approach has informed all my writing whether it be on sport, Asia, international affairs or anything else - the ability to "see"from another perspective is critical.
Birth Place
Christchurch, New Zealand
Accomplishments
Gold and Silver at the 2012 eLit Electronic Book Awards for A House in Damascus: Before the Fall