Richard Parsons (born 1966) of Broughton-in-Furness, Cumbria, England, is a former teacher and the author of a series of best-selling GCSE study guides.
In a league table of the top UK authors, by number of books sold, compiled by The Bookseller magazine, for the period 2000–2009, he ranked fifth.
[1] Dissatisfied with the quality of study guides during his teaching career at Furness College, Parsons quit in 1995 and began writing his first manuscript, which was later published through his own company, Coordination Group Publications.
[1] Parsons wrote the motivational book How to fulfill your wildest dreams!, which was published in 1990 by Mega-Books (Broughton-in-Furness).
[3] In January 2008, Parsons donated £100,000 to the parish of Broughton and Duddon to pay for essential repairs to St Mary Magdalene and the Holy Innocents Church.