John Parker (born 5 August 1938) is a
British
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author and journalist.
After leaving school, Parker found work at the ''
Northampton Chronicle and Echo
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'' and worked in a number of local newspapers before getting a job in
the Bahamas
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with the
Nassau ''Daily Tribune''. After working for ''
Life
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'', he returned to the
UK to work for the ''
Daily Mirror
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'' as a sub-editor.
Books
Parker has had more than 40 books published in hardback, including several on military and investigative topics and a number of biographies.
*''King of Fools'' 1988 (on the
Duke of Windsor
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)
*''Five for Hollywood'' 1989
*''The Princess Royal'' 1989
*''Prince Philip: A Critical Biography'' 1990
*''The Trial of Rock Hudson'' 1990
*''The Queen'' 1991
*''The Joker's Wild: The Biography of Jack Nicholson'' 1991
*''Warren Beatty: The Last Great Lover of Hollywood'' 1993
*''Sean Connery'' 1993
*''At the Heart of Darkness: Witchcraft, Black Magic and Satanism in Britain Today'' 1993
*''Elvis: The Secret Files'' 1993
*''Elvis: Murdered by the Mob'' 1993
*''Polanski'' 1993
*''Richard Gere: The Flesh and the Spirit'' 1995
*''The Walking Dead: A Woman's Brave Stand Against the Mafia'' 1995
*''De Niro'' 1996
*''The Killing Factory: The Top Secret World of Germ and Chemical Warfare'' 1996
*''Bruce Willis: The Unauthorised Biography'' 1997
*''Inside the Foreign Legion: The Sensational Story of the World's Toughest Army'' 1998
*''The Gurkhas: The Inside Story of the World's Most Feared Soldiers'' 1999
*''Death of a Hero: Captain Robert Nairac, GC and the Undercover War in Northern Ireland'' 1999
*''Commandos: The Inside Story of Britain's Most Elite Fighting Force'' 2000
*''Total Surveillance: Investigating the Big Brother World of e-Spies, Eavesdroppers and CCTV'' 2000
*''The Silent Service: The Inside Story of the Royal Navy's Submarine Heroes'' 2001
*''Strike Command: The Inside Story of the RAF's Warfare Heroes'' 2002
*''Task Force: Untold Stories of the Heroes of the Royal Navy'' 2003
*''SBS: The Inside Story of the Special Boat Service'' 2003
*''Secret Hero: The Life and Mysterious Death of Captain Robert Nairac'' 2004
*''Desert Rats: From El Alamein to Basra'' 2005
*''Black Watch: The Inside Story of the Oldest Highland Regiment in the British Army'' 2005
*''Wild: The Biography of Jack Nicholson'' 2005
*''Royal Marines Commandos: The Inside Story of a Force for the Future'' 2006
*''The Submarine: An Illustrated History from 1900 to 1950'' 2008
*''Robert De Niro: Portrait of a Legend'' 2009
*''Arise, Sir Sean Connery'' 2009
*''Modern Submarines: An Illustrated Reference Guide to Underwater Vessels of the World'' 2009
*''Michael Douglas: Acting on Instinct'' 2011
*''The Paras: The Inside Story of Britain's Toughest Regiment'' 2012
*''The Gurkhas: An Updated In-Depth Investigation into the History and Mystique of the Gurkha Regiments'' 2013
*''The Rocky Road: From Japanese Occupation to Rock & Roll Stardom'' 2013 (with Tony Rocco)
*''The Illustrated Encyclopedia of Destroyers, Frigates & Submarines: A History of Destroyers, Frigates and Underwater Vessels from Around the World'' 2015 (with Bernard Ireland)
*''Jack Nicholson: The Biography'' 2017
References
External links
The Official John Parker website
1938 births
Living people
British biographers
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