Darrell lives with his family in the Netherlands, not far from the battlefields of the First World War. He grew up throughout Canada, but spent most of his youth in the shadow of the Rocky Mountains in Calgary, Alberta where he studied Political Science & Economics, and thought briefly of joining the Navy. Instead, he moved to the Netherlands to complete an MBA. After a first career as an analyst in the European equity markets he embarked upon a new one in writing fiction. His debut novel, Malcolm MacPhail's Great War, was published in 2017 and the sequel, My Hundred Days of War, in 2018. "I wanted to take a completely different tack (with the Malcolm MacPhail WW1 series) than many other Great War novels, and actually write about the war itself," says Duthie. "WW1 is full of incredible and important stories that almost no one knows about. And they're crying out to be told." Darrell's first novel, Malcolm MacPhail's Great War, introduced the world to Malcolm MacPhail, a young Canadian intelligence officer whose penchant for plain-speaking proves almost as hazardous as the momentous battles of the Great War in which he finds himself. It is through his eyes we follow the course of the "war to end all wars." With his second book, My Hundred Days of War, the saga of World War One and Malcolm MacPhail continues.