John Drake
John Drake trained as a biochemist--before realizing he wasn't much good at science--and worked as an anchorman for PharmaVision , a live-TV broadcast service produced by ICI Pharmaceuticals, before leaving to write full-time in 1999. His hobbies and interests include muzzle-loaded shooting, history and politics. Flint and Silver was inspired by the many unanswered questions left in Robert Louis Stevenson's much-loved classic, Treasure Island .
John Drake trained as a biochemist--before realizing he wasn't much good at science--and worked as an anchorman for PharmaVision , a live-TV broadcast service produced by ICI Pharmaceuticals, before leaving to write full-time in 1999. His hobbies and interests include muzzle-loaded shooting, history and politics. Flint and Silver was inspired by the many unanswered questions left in Robert Louis Stevenson's much-loved classic, Treasure Island . See less
