John Kennett Starnes
 John Kennett Starnes (born February 5 1918) is a Canadian retired civil servant diplomat and novelist.Born in Montreal Quebec Starnes was educated at the Institute Sillig in Switzerland the University of Munich and Bishop's University where he received a Bachelor of Arts degree. During World War II he served with the Black Watch the Canadian Intelligence Corps (1941) the Canadian War Staff College (1942) and the 21st Army Group in the United Kingdom.