Beth Trissel

@bethtrissel

About

I’m a historical/light paranormal romance author with the Wild RosePress. I have seven releases out with more to follow. My fascinationwith Colonial America, particularly stirring tales of the frontier andthe Shawnee Indians, is an early and abiding one. My English,Scot-Irish ancestors had interactions with this tribe, including familymembers taken captive. These accounts inspired my passion. Intriguedwith all things Celtic, much of my writing features these earlyScot-Irish forebears who settled in the Shenandoah Valley of Virginiaand surrounding mountains, spreading into Tennessee and the Carolinas.

This absorption with Colonial America also extends to the high drama ofthe Revolution. My ancestors fought and loved on both sides of thatsweeping conflict. My research into the Southern face of the war waspartly inspired by my great-great-great grandfather, Sam Houston, uncleof the famous Sam, who kept a journal of the Battle of GuilfordCourthouse, North Carolina, 1781, that is used by historians today.

Moreover, I am ever intrigued by ghost stories, and Virginia has moretales than any other state. I find myself asking if the folk who’vegone before us are truly gone, or do some still have unfinishedbusiness in this realm? And what of the young lovers whose time wastragically cut short, do they somehow find a way? Love conquers all, soI answer ‘yes.’

Thus began my ‘Somewhere’ series. In book two of that series, Somewhere My Lass, I journeyed back to 1602 Scotland and more deeply explored my Scottish roots. 

In my recent release, Red Bird’s Song, I honed in on my early American roots in a story featuring the Scots-Irish and an Indian attack that happened to my ancestors in the colonial Virginia frontier.  Of all my stories, Red Bird’s Song is and ever shall be the book of my heart with Through the Fire running a close second.  A part of me is still seated around the campfire with my Native American brothers and sisters.