AUTHORS - Tantse Thompson

Adesida, Dotun
Baraka, Ahmed
Binx, Eugene
Biswas, Rakesh
Brown, Dr. Glen
Chambers, Eric
Chambers, Lesley
Chappel, T. A.
Culling, Peter
Falit, Joseph E.
Fawcett, Shaun
Fitzgerald-Clarke, Michael
Fleming, Suzanne
Gheorghiu, Cristache
Huchu, Tendai
Jacobsen, Heidi
Knapp, Artie
Kumar, G. Ram
Lay, Vicheka
Litt, Dr. Jerome Z.
Miller, Harley
Maffey, Laura
Maffey, Riccardo
Milazzo, Ronald
Minya, Dzimba
Neo
Okonkwo, Ikechukwu
Patterson, R.J.
Rinaldi, Jacquie
Roberts, Ella
Sharp, Ian
Sooriyarachchi, Janaki
Spudich, Giulietta
Taylor, Roy
Thompson, Tantse
Turley, Keith
Watson, Rob
Williams, Keith
Yarbrough, Alan

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Tantse Thompson

I was born in Bermondsey, London, the youngest of nine children and attended St. Josephs RC school. The family moved to Huntingdon in Cambridgeshire when I was 9yrs old. A year later I entered a poetry competition for BBC Radio Schools and won first prize, which was having my poem; 'Arthur and Guinevere'; read out on the radio.
I married in 1975 and have three beautiful daughters and five wonderful grandchildren.
I have always enjoyed using my imagination, something I believe was nurtured by my love of reading at an early age and growing up with all things 'Enid Blyton'.
My interest in drawing comes from my father who was extremely talented. Along with my mother, he encouraged us to use the gifts we were given and to do our best on whatever path we had chosen.
I married my second husband in 1992 and it was through Roy that 'Dragonspower' was born. I had finished a number of drawings on the same theme and he suggested that I should write a story around these.
Before he died in 2004 Roy asked me, 'What happened to tomorrow?'
I now live with my two dogs; whom I love dearly despite their incessant barking; and try to apply the lesson of Roys' question to my daily life by embracing each day and finding the joy and beauty in it, fair weather or foul.
I love animals and nature and find being with both is a place where I can let my mind run free of all the cares of living and relax in the inspiration that surrounds them.


	Works by Tantse Thompson

Dragonspower
by Tantse Thompson

At the end of the Huri Wars the Dragons were betrayed and locked in crystal orbs by Duman, an elf who had been seduced by the Black Arts. However, one of the Dragons evaded capture and hid his power until centuries later it found its' way to a young orphan girl.
Together with a small band of friends, Alyse must find a way to free the Dragons and unite the Races against Duman. In the age old battle between good and evil will her suffering and sacrifice be enough against the arcane might of the Dark Elf?

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