Eternally North (43 page)
Authors: Tillie Cole
Being a scary blend of
Scottish and English, Tillie embraces both cultures; her English
heritage through her love of HP sauce and freshly made Yorkshire
Puddings, and her Scottish which is mostly demonstrated by her
frighteningly foul-mouthed episodes of pure rage and her much-loved
dirty jokes.
Having been born and
raised as a Teesside
Smoggie
, Tillie, at age nineteen, moved
thirty miles north to the 'Toon', Newcastle-Upon-Tyne, where she
attended University and graduated with a Bachelor of Arts honours
degree in Religious Studies. She returned two years later to complete
a Post-Graduate Certificate in Teaching High School Social Studies.
She regards Newcastle to be a home from home and enjoyed the
Newcastle
Geordie
way of life for seven 'proper mint', 'lush'
years.
Tillie, from a very
young age has been part of the theatre community and loves nothing
more than to entertain through the mediums of cheerleading, dance,
drama and singing (sometimes in the rain). She can also be found in
nightclubs around the world imitating her favourite artists alongside
her crazy BFF’s –
The Teesside Massive
– or, sat on the
front row at the theatre bopping along to her favourite musical, ‘The
Rocky Horror Picture Show ’, clad in a only a maids outfit,
clutching a bag of rice and sporting a vibrant shade of red lipstick.
One summers day, after
finishing reading her thousandth book on Kindle, Tillie turned to her
husband and declared, "D' you know, I have a great idea for a
story. I could write a book." Several months later, repeating
the same tired line, she was scolded by her husband to shut up
talking about writing a novel and “just bloody do it!”
Immediately she set off
on a crazy journey, delving deep into her fertile imagination.
Tillie, ever since, has written from the heart. She combines her
passion for anything camp and glittery with her love of humour and
dark brooding men (most often muscled and tattooed – they’re her
weakness!).
After years of teaching
high school Social Studies and following her Professional Rugby
Player husband around Europe, they have settled in Calgary, Alberta
where Tillie spends most of her days (and many a late night) lost in
a writing euphoria or in her dream of pursuing a dazzling career as a
barrel-racing, tasselled-chap, Stetson-wearing cowgirl... Ye-haw!
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https://twitter.com/tillie_cole
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