CorynAllanRichard

Male

Barrie, Ontario, Canada

Writing, Illustration, Meditation

I am a writer and emergency physician in Barrie, Ontario, Canada, devoting myself full time to writing. My work as an ER doctor in Canada, and volunteering in Haiti, I hope has made a positive impact on my writing. I read for joy and comfort during childhood, and my mother and I read Eleanor Cameron’s “Wonderful Flight to the Mushroom Planet” together. It remains one of my fondest childhood memories. I later read works by C. S. Lewis, J. R. R. Tolkien, O. R. Melling, and Ursula K. Le Guin. I enjoy fantasy and science fiction, and my first attempt at a novel was a space opera called “The Coreward Resistance”.

My stepfather was a literature professor, and he introduced me to Fyodor Dostoyevsky and Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn. Two of my favorite novels are “Brothers Karamazov” and “Cancer Ward”. My love for Russian literature, coupled with an interest in military history, led me to write a novel about World War II in the Soviet Union.

“Vera’s Gun” is my work of historical fiction. A female Soviet sniper in World War II, plans to cheat humiliating death by victory in war. She kills the brother of a high-ranking German officer, who pursues her through the summer swamps of Belorussia to a mighty Baltic fortress, seeking revenge.

I also do illustration, and have a website with samples of my artwork, my blog, and the first chapter of my novel.

I’m excited to be a part of this writing community, and to share my work. Thank you!