I’ve never been particularly good at sitting still.
I joined the Royal Australian Air Force as a fifteen-year-old country kid in 1968 and spent the next twenty-six years learning about aircraft, people, leadership, mateship, resilience — and occasionally learning things the hard way.
Since leaving the Air Force, life has taken me through business, family, travel, triumphs, disasters, a few spectacular cock-ups, and enough experiences to fill more books than I ever expected to write.
These days, I write.
My writing crosses several worlds — from the high-impact military and geopolitical thrillers of The Sentinel Files and The Shadow Protocol, to the fantasy fiction of the Kinta series, my personal development series, poetry and reflections in Inside Kimbo’s Head, and the true story of my own journey in This Was My War. And now, I’m venturing into children’s fiction with The Amazing Adventures of Brandy and Bailey.
Different books. Different stories. But they all come from the same place — a lifetime of watching people, asking questions, challenging assumptions and believing that there is usually a bloody good story hiding somewhere beneath the surface.
I write about courage, loyalty, humour, love, loss, resilience and the strange twists of life that make us who we are.
I’m not interested in pretending life is perfect.
I’m interested in telling stories that mean something.
Welcome to my world.
Kim Looke
Author | Veteran | Storyteller
Semper Parati — Always Ready.