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John Van der Kiste (born 15 September 1954 in Wendover, Buckinghamshire) is a British author, son of Wing Commander Guy Van der Kiste (1912–99). He was educated at Blundell's School, Tiverton, where he briefly formed a rock band Cobweb with fellow pupil Miles Tredinnick, later vocalist with new wave band London and subsequently playwright and scriptwriter, and read Librarianship at Ealing Technical College, where he edited the librarians’ student magazine. He has worked for several years in public and academic libraries, but is best known as a writer. His first book, ''Frederick III'', appeared in 1981, and since then he has published over twenty historical biographies, as well as books on local history, true crime, rock music, fiction and drama. He is also a contributor to Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, Guinness Rockopaedia, and has produced articles on historical, musical and art subjects in national and local journals, including ''Illustrated London News'', ''Royalty Digest'', ''European Royal History Journal'', ''Best of British'', ''BBC History Magazine'', ''Record Collector'', ''Antique Collector'', ''This England'', ''The Independent'', and ''Gibbons Stamp Monthly''. He has reviewed books and records for the press, written CD booklet notes, and between 1991 and 1996 edited the 1970s rock fanzine ''Keep on Rockin''. In 2002 he was a consultant for the BBC TV documentary 'The King, the Kaiser and the Tsar', first screened in January 2003. In 2015 ''I'll Never Walk Away'', a song which he had co-written with Miles Tredinnick under his music business alias Riff Regan, and Steve Voice, appeared on Regan's solo album ''Milestones''. He married professional musician and teacher Kim Graham (née Geldard) in 2003 and lives in Devon. == Books == 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「John Van der Kiste」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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