TYLER TRAFFORD, AUTHOR

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I was raised in Calgary during the oil boom following the discovery of the Leduc field. I graduated from The University of Calgary and worked for many years as a reporter and editor, first with The Calgary Herald, then in Australia with The Australian and several weekly outback newspapers, and later as a financial columnist for the Fort Lauderdale Sun Sentinel.

Over the years, I’ve worked on ranches in Alberta, cattle stations in Australia, and on seismic survey ships and construction crews. It’s been exciting.

I began writing full-time in 1993, beginning with books commissioned by engineers, drillers, businessmen, construction innovators, and ranchers. (Thank you to all of them!) I published my first Sun On The Mountains novel in 2004.

Judy and I live in Calgary. Our studio is on the Oldman River near Pincher Creek and that’s where we spend as much time as we can with our work and horses. Sharnee, our daughter, is in the Canadian Military. Bailey, her deepest-blue-eyed daughter, is in Grade Four. Leiton our son, is married to Ivy. He’s a musician...iTunes)