Paul Taylor

Born and raised ‘A Shropshire Lad’, I became a Chartered Accountant and a teacher of accounting, I stumbled into writing by accident; I had been jotting bits of poetry and keeping them in a loose file in an obscure drawer for years, when, in 2023, I read a couple of poems to a work colleague, who then, unbeknown to me, contacted her friend who works in the writing world. The result thus far has been two poetry books, ‘Perfect Poetry or Worthless Words’ and 'Pathways' (Amazon), and two children's books 'The Adventures of Snuffle Truffle & Friends' and 'Tales from The Dell (Troubador).

It has been a great pleasure for me writing the children's books in particular as they give me an outlet to educate and to entertain, and to express my admiration of animals and birds, derived both from my Shropshire childhood and having kept many animals with my late wife Kay. These included dogs, cats, ferrets, horses, ponies, a sheep, ducks, geese and chickens. We also had a donkey called Anastasia who had a Belgian passport and was destined to become meat. Somehow, she escaped and was ultimately rescued by us. It is this donkey that is the inspiration for the story ‘Annie, The Windy Donkey’!

All author proceeds are donated to The Brain Tumour Charity in memory of my late wife, Kay. Thank you so much for your support.