By Own Forces: The Biography of Jack Simpson 1920-1984

by Tyler Trafford

First printing in paper covers. 240 pp. Photographs including colour plates, chronology, bibliography. Some spine creasing, light wear to covers, contents are fine. Very Good.

240 pages, Mass Market Paperback

Published January 1, 1999

About the author

I’m an erratic writer.

My Start in Journalism.
I wrote for newspapers in the 1970's and early 80's as a reporter, editor and columnist in Calgary, Australia and Florida. Discontented, I took up more entertaining (better paying) careers.

I Try Creativity.
In 1993, I began writing biographies and histories before trying a creative, original species: novels. My first work of fiction, The Story of Blue Eye was shortlisted for the 2005 Grant McEwan Authors Award.

As a Loner.
I took a break from creativity until 2010 when I began Almost A Great Escape which swept all three awards for which it was nominated at the Alberta Writers’ Guild Awards in 2014. Then I took another break.

Shallow Rapids.
I began this small-town series about Analiese Drucker, Journeyman Welder in 2020. Three books later, she still has me laughing as she discovers science accidently revealed inside love.

“Didn't know you were a closet 22 year old girl. But it works,” an agent fri friend tells me. Not true, but I like writing first person stories and, consequently, Analiese has become a voice in my head ... and a friend.

I live on the Oldman River near Pincher Creek, Alberta, where my wite, Judy, ride and I our horses in the Rockies and the Porcupine Hills.