The inspiration behind Jack and the Magic Hat Maker came to me in 2016, several years after my father passed away.
My dad, John, had a rather traumatic and sad childhood. He, his older brother, and younger sister were orphaned when they were small children – (ages 5, 7, and 3 respectively). Both of their parents, Roswell and Faith, died in a tragic automobile accident in Portland, Oregon, when they were only 28 years old. The extended family split up the three children, each raised by a different relative living in three separate states.
Dad never again saw his little sister and only reconnected with his older brother in adulthood.
Their life experience sparked the idea for a story. I wanted to transform my father’s tragic childhood, turning him into a kind of Superhero.
Coincidentally, their great-grandfather three generations back, Edward, was a milliner…a hat maker.
I was an adult when I learned the nickname my dad went by as a kid: Jack.
Inspired by their story, I set to work writing book one and finally published The Golden Telescope in December of 2019. It is available in e-book, paperback, and hardcover at all major online booksellers. The AUDIOBOOK is now available on Amazon.
I hope you enjoy reading it as much as I enjoyed writing it!
Lots of Love,
Tracy