Author Biography

I currently am finoishing my fifth fiction novel, Camelot Down, Berkeley 1969. I am the author of four previous fiction novels: The Red Jacket, (coming of age, youthful adventure and courage); The Wine Red Road (murder in California wine country); Where Once Was Peace (coming of age, search for peace after Vietnam); and Death in the Gallatin Valley (murder in Montana farm country).

I try to locate my fiction stories in real towns where I’ve lived or visited frequently. I draw from a wide variety of work and personal experiences for my writing. I retired from working as a right-of-way agent, buying and selling real estate for Washington State and Whatcom County (Bellingham), at the end of 2010. Prior to working for the government I was an independent real estate agent. I also have worked in a grocery store, as a collections officer for a finance company, at the U.S. Post Office, for the California Highway Patrol, as a restaurant cook and manager, as a newspaper reporter and publisher and as a magazine editor and freelance contributor. 

My fiction website is: greatfictionbyjimperkins.blogspot.com

I also write what I hope is a witty, humorous, sarcastic, social commentary blog called, According to Sam and Jim (accordingtosamandjim.blogspot.com) two days a week.