Pete Holland from Brigand

Barbary Slave is Peter's first novel, and his first published work. He recently completed editing a second book, My Eight Year War, his uncle's personal memoir of World War Two, first written in 2001.

For Peter 2018 has been busy, studious and creative: Two books and completing an MA in Early Modern History (1500-1800). During this course, he became interested in the subject for his novel.

Previously Peter was a teacher for thirty years and worked in business for eight.

Born and raised in Holloway, north London, for twenty years he lived and raised a family in Barnet before moving to Suffolk in 2017. Active in athletics for over forty years, he still runs once or twice a week, and more recently has enjoyed the challenges of the gym and dog walking.