Hello there,

I grew up believing I was a "dunce".  A cruel name for those of us who have/had learning difficulties, but then I was born in 1961. Hopefully, we have moved on and are not so critical of ourselves?

I am dyslexic and my struggle to read and write English meant I had extra English lessons growing up and I missed out on learning other languages such as French. This exclusion convinced me I was stupid. Although I left school with typing skills I couldn't face the interviews as nerves made me shake too much. Instead, my first job was washing up dishes in a restaurant. I still say sentences back-to-front and can't spell for toffee!  But with the empowerment of 'spell-check' and with the help of friends, I have fulfilled my dream of becoming an author.

When I was little my Nan used to fill my head with magical tales, as we walked through the forest she would tell me there were Fairies and Pixies everywhere and I believed her. The beauty of magic and mystery never left me and I used to make up tales for my lads when they were young.

I am a complete book lover and adore it when I find a new world that I can get lost in. This became my dream, that I could write a story that people would escape their own life for a short time and get lost in Talia, the world I have created.

You have to have a dream for a dream to come true. I have the dream, I've spent twenty-five years of my life writing, re-writing, editing and re-editing Idi & The Oracle's Quest to create that dream.

I was very pleased this week when Idi & the Oracle's Quest won a red ribbon award from the Wishing Shelf Books competition.  It also has a BooksGoSocial Silver Qualtiy Mark.

And now I am writing a book a year, I can hardly believe it, if I'm honest with you.  I have to pay for professional help, such as editing, by my over-active, imaginative mind is finally released and poured into books.

Idi & the Oracle's Quest is book one of three, and there are at least two more to follow.

My current WIP is an historical drama, inspired by true events and I am loving it so much, oops that reminds me... time to get back to work.

Thank you for reading my bio and I wish you a very good day.

Yours sincerely

Tracy