John Parker

John Parker (born 5 August 1938) is a British author and journalist.

After leaving school, Parker found work at the Northampton Chronicle and Echo and worked in a number of local newspapers before getting a job in the Bahamas with the Nassau Daily Tribune. After working for Life, he returned to the UK to work for the Daily Mirror as a sub-editor.

Books Parker has had more than 40 books published in hardback, including several on military and investigative topics and a number of biographies.

King of Fools 1988 (on the Duke of Windsor) Five for Hollywood 1989 The Princess Royal 1989 Prince Philip: A Critical Biography 1990 The Trial of Rock Hudson 1990 The Queen 1991 The Joker's Wild: The Biography of Jack Nicholson 1991 Warren Beatty: The Last Great Lover of Hollywood 1993 Sean Connery 1993 At the Heart of Darkness: Witchcraft, Black Magic and Satanism in Britain Today 1993 Elvis: The Secret Files 1993 Elvis: Murdered by the Mob 1993 Polanski 1993 Richard Gere: The Flesh and the Spirit 1995 The Walking Dead: A Woman's Brave Stand Against the Mafia 1995 De Niro 1996 The Killing Factory: The Top Secret World of Germ and Chemical Warfare 1996 Bruce Willis: The Unauthorised Biography 1997 SBS: The Inside Story of the Special Boat Squadron 1997 Inside the Foreign Legion: The Sensational Story of the World's Toughest Army 1998 The Gurkhas: The Inside Story of the World's Most Feared Soldiers 1999 Death of a Hero: Captain Robert Nairac, GC and the Undercover War in Northern Ireland 1999 Commandos: The Inside Story of Britain's Most Elite Fighting Force 2000 Total Surveillance: Investigating the Big Brother World of e-Spies, Eavesdroppers and CCTV 2000 The Silent Service: The Inside Story of the Royal Navy's Submarine Heroes 2001 Strike Command: The Inside Story of the RAF's Warfare Heroes 2002 Task Force: Untold Stories of the Heroes of the Royal Navy 2003 SBS: The Inside Story of the Special Boat Service 2003 Secret Hero: The Life and Mysterious Death of Captain Robert Nairac 2004 Desert Rats: From El Alamein to Basra 2005 Black Watch: The Inside Story of the Oldest Highland Regiment in the British Army 2005 Wild: The Biography of Jack Nicholson 2005 Royal Marines Commandos: The Inside Story of a Force for the Future 2006 The Submarine: An Illustrated History from 1900 to 1950 2008 Robert De Niro: Portrait of a Legend 2009 Arise, Sir Sean Connery 2009 Modern Submarines: An Illustrated Reference Guide to Underwater Vessels of the World 2009 Michael Douglas: Acting on Instinct 2011 The Paras: The Inside Story of Britain's Toughest Regiment 2012 The Gurkhas: An Updated In-Depth Investigation into the History and Mystique of the Gurkha Regiments 2013 The Rocky Road: From Japanese Occupation to Rock & Roll Stardom 2013 (with Tony Rocco) The Illustrated Encyclopedia of Destroyers, Frigates & Submarines: A History of Destroyers, Frigates and Underwater Vessels from Around the World 2015 (with Bernard Ireland) Jack Nicholson: The Biography 2017