JILL TRESEDER
Sheerness. She had six children - her second son being Jill’s grandfather who she never met – and died in Plymouth, aged 90. Two years after her mother’s death Jill’s research led to a
four generational family reunion. The process spurred Jill to write ‘The Hatmaker’s Secret’, with its timeless themes of secrets and identity, prejudice and betrayal.
An earlier attempt at a novel is, Jill said, “in the digital equivalent of a writer’s bottom drawer but might get plundered for material.” Jill is now busy editing her second
novel, ‘A Place of Safety’, set on Dartmoor, which is due to come out later this year.
She has meanwhile started a third
novel based on the Hungarian uprising of 1956, but that is in its early stages. She used to write as a child, but was
never encouraged to pursue writing as a career. Instead, she studied German at Bristol University. She said: “I wish I had studied English Literature as I
probably know more about Goethe than Shakespeare. “Like a lot of people, I never used my degree subject, although it did come in useful for speaking to German guests at the B&B.”
As well as her early morning starts Jill maintains her enthusiasm and output of writing by being a member of writers’ groups – including the U3A in Dartmouth. Her main tip for productive writing is to put the time required in a diary and ‘treat it like any other appointment’. Jill’s literary heroes include Barbara Kingsolver and Andrea Levy, whose novel – based on the Empire Windrush ship which brought West Indian immigrants to the UK – was an inspiration during her research of her great grandmother. It is clear that Jill and Hugh are very settled in Dittisham. Jill said: “We have never lived anywhere with such a fantastic community. Everyone supports each other and everything that’s going on. “There’s a terrific mix of local people and others who have moved into the village.” Jill is very much involved in community
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life, including taking her turn to drive the West Dart community bus and being a member of the ‘Ditsum Players’. For more information on Jill and her books visit www.
jilltresederwriter.com
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