Oliver Trusler

Originally from the south of England I now live in Leeds with my wife, step-daughter, three dogs and two cats.

I've wanted to be a writer all my life and used to write short stories, poetry and song lyrics in my teens.

I studied film at university and specialised in screen-writing but somewhere along the way I lost the passion, I settled into to doing other things but the writing was always in the back of my mind.

I've travelled around Australia and North America and jumped from job to job, never really finding anything that fit me.

I have a lot of weird and very vivid dreams, doctors think I probably have adhd but waiting to hear on that!
These dreams lead to some interesting story ideas, such as the six legged cat in my first novel.

I'm a big fan of quirky contempory fiction such as Chuck Palahniuk and Jason Pargin and although I am knowhere near their league I think they have influenced my writing a great deal.
I read a lot of books and comics ranging from the classics to the modern.

Last year I had an idea for a story revolving around a man who could detach his limbs at will, that story developed into I Must Get Back To The Woods, my first completed novel.

Since finsihing that novel I have written a second one in the series featuring the same characters, currently I am working on a third book which whilst set in the same universe as the first two is an entirely different style.