Dr. David Perrin practised veterinary medicine in the Kootenay region of British Columbia for 26 years before penning his first collection of stories, Dont Turn Your Back in the Barn.
       As a young man, he enjoyed writing poetry and short stories, but it wasnt until 1999 when he and his family lived in Hawaii that he put his heart into full-time creative writing. During that year, he also carried out his own studies of the book market: "Id ask people in bookstores why they were buying certain books." The exercise provided valuable insight into the market, including the fact that women are the main book buyers and that they like colourful covers. Five years after that sojourn in Hawaii, he has three best-selling volumes of veterinary adventures in bookstores across Canada.
        Dave Perrin was raised in a small community near Trail and attended Selkirk College before moving on to the University of British Columbia in Vancouver. He earned his degree as Doctor of Veterinary Medicine at the Western College of Veterinary Medicine in Saskatoon.
       He served on the council of the B.C. Veterinary Medicine Association for seven years and was one of the founding members of the Associated Veterinary Purchasing Company that distributes drugs and equipment to veterinarians in the province. In his early years of practice, he wrote scientific articles for the Canadian Veterinary Journal. One of the articles dealt with an outbreak of Bacillus cereus mastitis, a crisis that he recounts in his third book, Where Does It Hurt?
       Since 2000, Dr. Perrins publishing company, Daves Press, has released three best-selling books about his Kootenay practice. Dont Turn Your Back in the Barn has also been published in the United States, Australia, and New Zealand. As well, it has been optioned by Sony for publication in Japan. CBC Television is currently looking at the country vet books as the basis for a possible series.