41 ratings | 18 reviews | avg rating:4.00

Peter Kingsmill’s Followers (3)

Peter’s Bookshelves

to-read (18)
currently-reading (0)
read (41)

Peter’s Friends (14)

J.C. Paulson

174 books | 177 friends

Patricia Fennig

3 books | 78 friends

Richard St. Barbe Baker

0 books | 25 friends

Eva Sarty

0 books | 6 friends

Steve McLellan

1 book | 8 friends

Dave Butler

512 books | 57 friends

Lynda Erlandson

419 books | 18 friends

Wanda Gronhovd

703 books | 125 friends

More friends…

Peter Kingsmill

Goodreads Author

Born

Montreal, Canada

Website

http://www.peterkingsmill.ca

Twitter

peter_kingsmill

Genre

Fiction, Mystery, Thriller

Influences

Corban Addison, Lee Childs, David Butler

Member Since

January 2018

edit data

Peter Kingsmill is the author of the Awan Lake mystery series. Peter is a recipient of the Governor General’s Conservation Award (Canada) and the founder of the Redberry Lake (UNESCO) Biosphere Reserve in Saskatchewan. When he is not writing novels, he serves as a contract writer and as a consultant on regional development projects. Peter joined Crime Writers of Canada as a Professional Author Member in 2018.
Peter has been a frequent writer and editor since leaving high-school in Montreal and college in Vermont. He recently retired from many years as a riverboat captain and owner of a small-waters marine services business, and has worked at an eclectic mix of tasks which include logger, trucker and cattle farmer. He is passionate about Cana ...more

Learn more
Ask the Author

To ask Peter Kingsmill questions, please sign up.

Popular Answered Questions

What are you currently working on?

Peter Kingsmill I am currently doing some polishing on "Nobody Drowned", which is in pre-order status at Kobo, Amazon and Kindle. Release date is April 1... I am cont…moreI am currently doing some polishing on "Nobody Drowned", which is in pre-order status at Kobo, Amazon and Kindle. Release date is April 1... I am contemplating moving that forward to March 20 but I'm not certain yet.
And of course, I am scheming about the third book in the Awan Lake Series of Frank Anderson novels... (less)

flag

How do you get inspired to write?

Peter Kingsmill Now that I have started to concentrate on writing novels, the day-by-day inspiration to sit down at the keyboard and "just do it" comes easily. But, t…moreNow that I have started to concentrate on writing novels, the day-by-day inspiration to sit down at the keyboard and "just do it" comes easily. But, there has been a long road between my parents and teachers and even a professor telling me "you should be a writer" and actually becoming a fiction writer. My first job offer after high school was to write operation and maintenance manuals for railway locomotives, a job I probably shouldn't have turned down - but did! A second offer was from a small community weekly newspaper, which I did accept and shortly became editor (all eight pages of it, twelve on a good week!)
After a year or so of that, a year of college got in the way. It was almost two decades later that I spent a few years as a full-time singer/songwriter, and became convinced that writing country songs was a perfect fit for my attention span: two verses, one chorus, repeat... and done!
Later, I took on some good editing gigs for business and professional magazines and even (with a lot of encouragement and help from my spouse) started a relatively successful community weekly newspaper of our own.
Of course I have been doing a number of things over the years to earn a living, including farm worker, logger, trucker and riverboat captain, but it took until just over a year ago to arrive at the conclusion that I actually wanted to do what I probably should have done many many years before: write my first novel. And, here it is: Sunset at 20:47 !(less)

flag

like
Comment

See 2 answers from Peter Kingsmill…

Combine Editions
Peter Kingsmill’s books

Average rating: 4.11 · 80 ratings · 19 reviews · 5 distinct works

	Last Shot by Alice Bienia (Goodreads Author), Dwayne Clayden (Goodreads Author), Winona Kent (Goodreads Author) 4.02 avg rating — 61 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Sunset at 20:47 (Awan Lake #1) 4.23 avg rating — 13 ratings — published 2018 — 5 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Nobody Drowned (Awan Lake #2) 4.80 avg rating — 5 ratings — 6 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Awan Lake Experiment (Awan Lake #3) it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 1 rating — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Solitude 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

More books by Peter Kingsmill…

28 posts
Peter Kingsmill's Blog

Protecting our right to vote

We almost did it. Valerie and I had applied to vote by mail in the upcoming provincial election and had duly received confirmation – complete with eight-digit personal identification codes – that our applications had been approved. As firm believers in the importance of maintaining our democratic society, it seemed a no-brainer to use the … Continue reading "Protecting our right to vote" Read more of this blog post »

View more on Peter Kingsmill's website »

Like • 0 comments • flag

Published on October 03, 2024 10:13

View all 28 posts »

Series by Peter Kingsmill

Awan Lake (3 books)
by

Peter Kingsmill (Goodreads Author)

4.42 avg rating — 19 ratings

rss
Peter’s Recent Updates

Peter Kingsmill wrote a new blog post Protecting our right to vote We almost did it. Valerie and I had applied to vote by mail in the upcoming provincial election and had duly received confirmation – complete with eig Read more of this blog post »
Oct 04, 2024 05:03AM · like

More of Peter's books…

Topics Mentioning This Author

topics	posts	views	last activity
CanadianContent: Promote your blog/book	142	153	May 01, 2025 01:06PM
Cozy Mysteries : * Authors who have joined our group	937	2029	Sep 24, 2025 10:35AM

Peter’s Friend Comments

No comments have been added yet.