Llandudno's Military Heritage

Peter Johnson grew up in Buffalo, New York, at a time when they had a good football team, which seems like fifty years ago. Similar to Benny Alvarez and his friends, Peter always loved words, knowing he was going to be a teacher or a professional baseball player. Also, being from a long line of Irish storytellers, he loved reading and telling tales, and when he realized that his stories changed every time he told them, and that he could get paid for this kind of lying, he decided to become a novelist. His first middle grade novel, The Amazing Adventures of John Smith, Jr. AKA Houdini, was named one of the Best Children's Books by Kirkus Reviews, and he's received many writing fellowships, most notably from the National Endowment for the Arts.

Adrian Hughes is a graduate of the University of Aberdeen. He is founder and owner of the Home Front Museum in Llandudno which opened in 2000 and is also vice-chair of the Llandudno & Colwyn Bay Historical Society. He has written a number of publications on the military history of Llandudno and north Wales and is a well-respected guest speaker.