Leominster Councillor uses personal experience to pen transgender crime novel

[Bardoux]

Leominster Councillor Peter Ellis used personal experience to pen first crime novel about transgender private detective

http://www.ledburyreporter.co.uk/news/10668793.Councillor_used_personal_experience_to_pen_first_crime_novel_about_transgender_private_detective/?ref=rss
Jess Phillips, 12th September

A Leominster town councillor has used personal experiences to write his first crime novel about a transgender private detective.

Her own sense of identity is tested in the search to find the murderer, and Peter's attempt to tackle ->-bleeped-<- in the novel stems from his own experiences.

He said: "I'm actually transgendered myself so I'm not transsexual but I do spend some time in my feminine mode – as Penny Ellis – although not generally in Leominster."

"I suppose I have been conscious of it for quite a long time but it's now 30 years since my wife has known and she has been very supportive and helped me come to terms with it."

[DriftingCrow]

I love crime novels, I'll have to put it on my (extremely long) list.