The author
David Dupuis
David Dupuis was born and raised in Penetanguishene, Ontario, Canada. A psychiatric nurse by profession for thirty-five years, he began writing by keeping a hockey journal in his mid-teens.
In 1989, he began self-publishing historical books of his home town and region. He then got the chance of a lifetime to write a book about his hockey hero which culminated in his widely acclaimed hockey biography, “Sawchuk: The Troubles & Triumphs of the World's Greatest Goalie” in 1998 with Stoddart Publishing.
He would go on to co-author two other hockey biographies with L. Waxy Gregoire, “Heart of the Blackhawks: The Pierre Pilote Story” and “The Red Kelly Story,” which won the 2016 Ontario Speakers Book Award.
In 1978, the sudden death of newly-elected Pope John Paul I had a lasting effect on him. He instantly began a scrapbook collection about the papacy, but also started writing (in longhand!) a story about a boy destined to be last pope at the end of the world.
His fascination with local, world and Vatican and papal history, prophecy, fiction and saints, culminate in this intriguing eleven-book historical-fiction genre series that unfolds in our times.
David lives near his beloved town of Penetanguishene with his companion Susan.
At a glance
Why readers trust him
- Award-winning author — 2016 Ontario Speaker’s Book Award
- Thirty-five years as a psychiatric nurse
- Hockey biographer published by Stoddart Publishing and ECW Press
- Resident historian of Penetanguishene and Huronia since 1989
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