John Ronald Peel was born in Nottingham, England, in 1954. He
attended Carlton le Willows Grammar School, in Gedling, Nottingham,
England. At the young age of 10 he started writing stories.
"It's all I ever wanted to do," he
says.
John Peel had anemia when he very young, which meant he would
get tired very quickly. As a result he wasn't allowed to play sports
and had to stay in class and read instead.
John Peel moved
to New York in 1981 to marry his pen-pal, Nan. His wife
is a library director. Peel and his wife rescue
miniature pinschers, and find good homes for them. Sometimes that "good
home" ends up as their home.
He currently lives in Long Island, New York, with his wife and
their eleven pets (ten dogs and one cat).
Pen names:
- Nicholas Adams
- John Vincent
- Rick North
(just one of "his" books)
- J.P. Trent.
Other Works by Peel:
- Doctor Who: Evolution
- Doctor Who:
Legacy of the Daleks
- Doctor
Who: The Daleks’ Master Plan - Part I: Mission
to the Unknown
- Doctor
Who: The Daleks’ Master Plan - Part II: The Mutation
of Time
- Doctor
Who: The Evil of the Daleks
- Doctor
Who: The Power of the Daleks
- Doctor Who: War of the Daleks
- The Gallifrey Chronicles
The planet from which Doctor Who originated,
including an original short story entitled "The Scrolls of
Rassilon".
- The
New Trek Encyclopedia
- The Official Doctor Who and the Daleks Book
- Outer
Limits: "The Choice"
- Outer
Limits: "The Time Shifter
- Outer
Limits: "The Lost"
- Outer
Limits: "The Invaders"
- Quantum Leap : Independence : A Novel
- Prisoners of Peace (Star Trek Deep Space Nine)
- Field Trip (Star Trek : Deep Space Nine)
- Objective : Bajor (Star Trek: Deep Space Nine)
- Here There Be Dragons (Star Trek, the Next Generation)
- The Death of Princes (Star Trek, the Next Generation)
- Maniac
Young-adult horror novel. Ancient, dream-stealing parasites
drive students to madness and death.
- The Secret of Dragonhome
Fun Facts:
Peel's favorite human Diadem character: Helaine
Favorite non-human
Diadem character: Blink
Authors who have influenced Peel:
C.S. Lewis, with
his "Narnia" stories, Eric Frank Russell,
a comedic English science fiction writer, and H. Rider Haggard, with
his adventure stories "King Solomon's Mines" and "She".
