Derek Dorr

Derek was raised in a small town in Down East Maine and after traveling far away from home for most of his early 20’s, he returned to Maine to settle down and raise a family. He is now a married father of the three best children he could ever hope to have. Derek discovered his passion for story telling via writing in his early teens but didn’t start writing professionally until nearly a decade later. Derek chose to become a ghost writer and write for other people rather than writing under his own name until last year. During his ghost writing period, he completed 6 novels and 100s of articles in various fields. In early 2014, with significant support from his wife, Janene, he took the plunge and released his first books under his own name.

 

Derek released “The Pilot Program” in May of 2014 as a nonfiction work aimed at helping others who suffer from panic attacks, anxiety or depression. Its publication coincided with National Mental Health Awareness Month. His second release was “Cleansing Evil”, book one in a planned long running series revolving around a secret world of serial killers who wish to use their talents to cleanse the world by ridding it of its most evil inhabitants. “Cleansing Evil was released on July 6, 2014 and by the end of its first day, had reached the Amazon Best Sellers list in 6 categories – ranking in the top 20 in most.

 

Due to many requests from his readers, Derek is currently writing a series of novellas to share the backstories of many of the minor characters inside the world of “Cleansing Evil”. The first of which, “The Art of Death”, will be released on August 1. The second full length novel will be released in early fall with no less than 1 more planned by the holidays. Derek plans to release no less than 5 books a year. They will be a mixture of his current series and his many other projects which include everything from standalone horror works to a dystopian future trilogy to a romance series.