Peter D. Franklin writes historical crime fiction with an industrial noir edge, blending family saga, working-class struggle, borderland crime, faith, and moral compromise.

A pen name created within Plantin, Defoe & Franklin Publishing, Peter D. Franklin represents a author-led, AI-assisted creative process built around human direction, historical research, editorial judgment, and narrative accountability.

He is the author of Ashes & Iron, a historical crime universe set along the Detroit River during the Prohibition era, where foundries, parish ovens, frozen crossings, and illegal whiskey routes shape the lives of families caught between survival and sin.

The main Ashes & Iron saga follows the rise of the Varn family through crime, industry, faith, and ambition, while Ashes & Iron: Lost Chapters expands the world through standalone stories, forgotten incidents, side characters, parish legends, and quiet tragedies from the edges of the main saga.

Franklin’s work explores the cost of ambition, the weight of loyalty, and the uneasy line between necessity and corruption. His stories are built around flawed but deeply human characters: veterans, workers, priests, smugglers, union men, foundry men, mothers, children, and families trying to endure in a world of smoke, iron, hunger, and lawless opportunity.

Published through Plantin, Defoe & Franklin Publishing, his fiction reflects a modern creative workflow: carefully developed by human hands, supported by historical research, cinematic visual planning, and AI-assisted drafting, revision, and editorial tools. The goal is not to replace authorship, but to use contemporary tools in service of immersive, emotionally grounded historical fiction.

Peter D. Franklin’s writing is for readers who enjoy historical crime, industrial noir, family sagas, Prohibition-era tension, companion stories, and worlds where morality is never clean, but always consequential.

Poppy D. Finch writes warm, whimsical picture books for curious children and the grown-ups who read beside them.

Poppy D. Finch is dedicated to stories that celebrate wonder, kindness, imagination, and the small adventures hidden within everyday life. Her books are designed to spark conversations, encourage curiosity, and help children explore the world through laughter, friendship, and gentle life lessons.

At the heart of her work is a simple belief: children deserve stories that respect their imagination. Whether the subject is a worm dreaming of the sun, a talking pickle offering unexpected advice, or a farmyard full of unlikely friends, each story begins with a child’s question and follows it wherever curiosity may lead.

Poppy is the creator of the Wiggly Wobble the Worm series, a growing collection of illustrated adventures featuring Wiggly and a cast of memorable farmyard companions. Together, they explore big ideas through playful situations, helping young readers discover courage, friendship, empathy, and the joy of asking “what if?”

Her stories are written for shared reading experiences, with language accessible to emerging readers while offering humor, warmth, and heart for parents, grandparents, teachers, and caregivers. Every book is crafted to be read aloud, revisited often, and remembered long after story time has ended.

Her goal is not simply to entertain, but to create books that encourage children to wonder, imagine, laugh, and think. Whether exploring the farm with Wiggly Wobble, meeting new friends, or chasing impossible dreams, readers are invited into gentle worlds where curiosity is rewarded and every adventure ends with a smile.

Poppy D. Finch’s books are for families who love imaginative picture books, memorable characters, positive values, and stories that remind us that even the smallest creatures can dream big.