His name is John Peter Dolan. Educated at Aquinas College in West Australia, then took up civil engineering in London, UK. He worked in a large building company for ten years, then went independent and became a consultant engineer and projects director, travelling far and wide. Sporting activities were scuba diving, Australian football, ocean racing (taking part in many ocean classics), gliding, rugby union. He retired fifteen years ago and joined the Fellowship of Australian Writers (FAW). About this time, the old Fremantle Gaol was closed down, and much to everyone's surprise, many waterways and tunnels were found under the prison with a great deal of evidence that the original prisoners had built or improved on nature. The broad arrow, the prisoners' insignia, was incised all over the place. And so the idea for Tommy McGee was born.
