T N Traynor

Biography

I'm dyslexic and grew up believing I was stupid. My first job after leaving school was washing up dishes in a restaurant. Finding myself divorced and a single mum of four young lads - at the age of 40, I decided to take myself back to school. I trained in accounting and I am currently a finance manager. So, after all those years of believing I was stupid I found out that actually, I'm not. That belief of being a person of low self-esteem is ingrained into my MC Idi, who also believes he is stupid. I currently have 6 books on Amazon and have the next four books planned. I have found something I absolutely love in writing, I can't express how complete it makes me feel. That feeling is always topped though, when I read a review and see that someone has enjoyed my story, pure joy!

Fun Facts

Hobbies

Writing is my biggest hobby as I don't earn enough to make a living out of it. Besides that I love movies, and reading and bing watching great box sets!

Most Exotic Place Visited

Mombasa in Kenya, but I would love to go to so many places.

What Shampoo Do You Use?

What's on offer?

Your Dream Car

Cars are not my thing, cheap and cheerful do it for me. Currently in a Fiesta. Although, I do really enjoy driving Jags.

Favorite Sport

I have crumblings discs in my spine so I am not able to do sports, I swin and walk when I can.

Mountains or Beach? Why?

Both! Mountains take my breath away with their beauty and I wish I could be a goat and skip across them. Beach because the powerful, roaring sea calls to my soul.

Pet Peeve

Drivers that cut you up on the motor way.

Number of Published Books

6 with more on the way

Book that Changed Your Life

Five Get Into A Fix, by Enid Blyton. At the age of seven I got mumps and was bedridden for a week. My Mum brought me this book. Although I could only partially read it and had to skip over every 5th word because I couldn't work out what it was, I was caught by the magic of getting lost in a story. My love of reading stems from this first book.

Favorite Place to Write

I write in my study at home, in the quiet. But I dream of hiring an Italian villa on a mountain slope, where I can look down over the land whilst I sit on the verandah and write.

Do You Listen to Music While Writing? What Kind?

No. I find I write better in quiet, although when I listen to music when I am not physically typing it often inspires me for a paragraph in my book and later will write that in.