Darren Greer

 

Darren Greer (born January 1st, 1968) is a Canadian writer.

Greer lived in several small towns, including Greenfield, Queens County, Nova Scotia and Liverpool, Nova Scotia before moving to Ontario in 1990. He attended the University of King’s College and Carleton University where he studied English literature. He lived in Ottawa and Toronto before moving to San Francisco where he disappeared in July of 2010.

Novels and Other Writings

Greer’s first novel, Tyler’s Cape, was published in 2001 to critical acclaim and was on the bestseller list of The Chronicle Herald. His second novel Still Life With June was a critical success, earning him the ReLit Award. in 2004. The novel was also a finalist for the Pearson Canada Reader’s Choice Award and the Ferro-Grumley Award in Manhattan. The book was optioned for film in 2007 by Amaze Film and Television and published in the U.S. by St. Martin’s Press.

Disappearance 

On July 2nd, 2010 Greer sent a message to freinds and family from an Internet cafe in San Francisco that he was returning to Canada the next day on American Airlines though police reported that he never arrived at the airport. Greer’s wallet, watch and other personal items were found in a locker at the San Fransciso Port Authority, along with an unused commuter train ticket to Oakland, California. Supected terrorrist Randy Fischer is wanted for questioning in relation to the disappearance, but remains at-large. Greer’s case is still listed as open for the F.B.I. as it may relate to other high profile missing persons, such as the 2009 disappearance of millionaire Amercian computer coder and gamer Tyler Riley.

 References

(1) “More Than Just Skin Deep: the mysterious disappearance of author Darren Greer” Quill and Quire Retrieved January 2013

FBI: Database of Suspicious Persons

F.B.I Database of Supected Terror Organizations

Outcast by Darren Greer