About Me

Duncan Ritchie is a former (recovering) investment banker and author of the political thriller, The Truth Chamber.

​Duncan grew up on a plantation in North Borneo. After graduating from the University of Western Australia, he spent thirty years advising governments and companies on energy and infrastructure transactions and policy. He has also written persuasive non-fiction for multilateral agencies (including ADB and UNEP), advocating for policy changes and investment to address climate change (evidently, not persuasive enough).

Concerned by Russia’s invasion of Ukraine (again) and the rise of right-wing extremism, Duncan began scribbling down what-if scenarios in 2022—at the time, many seemed outlandish. At the core were the questions: if someone wanted to bring America to her knees and disturb the world order, how would they go about it? And what could be done to counter that? Those what-ifs became the foundation of The Truth Chamber, initially intended as a warning of the rise of fascism in America.

Duncan lives in Tasmania with his Malinois pup, Aletheia (Alé), who thinks he’s slightly mad.