Jim Perkins is a former California Highway Patrol officer. Camelot Down Berkeley 1969 is fiction, based on Jim's memories and experiences of campus unrest in 1969. After leaving the CHP, Jim earned his credentials as a writer working for many years as a freelance magazine contributor and small-town newspaper reporter and editor. He also published his own newspaper for several years. This is Jim's fifth fiction novel. He lives in the Pacific Northwest with his wife and his Shih Tzu dog Sam.