John Brooke lives mainly in Montreal, near Marché Jean-Talon Market and Parc Jarry, and often in an old schoolhouse up the hill from the village of Dunedin, Ontario.
He has been a freelance business writer and translator for twenty-five years.
As of January, 2016, John has published seven Inspector Aliette Nouvelle mysteries.
He gathers information on the world of French police during regular trips to a village in France with his French-born love Annie.