if you wanna know more about the author, tillie cole...
first things first
i would not be doing my due diligence if i did not inform you of who the author is, what they stand for, and what kind of stories they're interested in telling.
♥ below, i've provided a word-for-word goodreads author bio listed under tillie cole. if you would like to visit the site for yourself, you can read it here
Amazon & USA Today Best Selling Author, Tillie Cole, is a Northern girl through and through. She originates from a place called Teesside on that little but awesomely sunny (okay I exaggerate) Isle called Great Britain. She was brought up surrounded by her English rose mother -- a farmer's daughter, her crazy Scottish father, a savagely sarcastic sister and a multitude of rescue animals and horses. Being a scary blend of Scottish and English, Tillie embraces both cultures; her English heritage through her love of HP sauce and freshly made Yorkshire Puddings, and her Scottish which is mostly demonstrated by her frighteningly foul-mouthed episodes of pure rage and her much loved dirty jokes.
Having been born and raised as a Teesside Smoggie, Tillie, at age nineteen, moved forty miles north to the 'Toon', Newcastle-Upon-Tyne, where she attended Newcastle University and graduated with a Bachelor of Arts honours degree in Religious Studies. She returned two years later to complete a Post-Graduate Certificate in Teaching High School Social Studies. Tillie, regards Newcastle to be a home from home and enjoyed the Newcastle Geordie way of life for seven 'proper mint' and 'lush' years.
One summers day, after finishing reading her thousandth book on her much loved and treasured Kindle, Tillie turned to her husband and declared, "D'you know, I have a great idea for a story. I could write a book." Several months later, after repeating the same tired line at the close of another completed story, she was scolded by her husband to shut up talking about writing a novel and "just bloody do it!" For the first time in eleven years, Tillie actually took his advice (he is still trying to get over the shock) and immediately set off on a crazy journey, delving deep into her fertile imagination.
Tillie, ever since, has written from the heart. She combines her passion for anything camp and glittery with her love of humour and dark brooding men (most often muscled and tattooed – they’re her weakness!). She also has a serious side (believe it or not!) and loves to immerse herself in the complex study of World Religions, History and Cultural Studies and creates fantasy stories that enable her to thread serious issues and topics into her writing -- yep, there's more to this girl than profanity and sparkles!
After six years of teaching high school Social Studies and following her Professional Rugby Player husband around Europe, they have finally given up their nomadic way of life and settled in Calgary, Alberta where Tillie spends most of her days (and many a late night) lost in a writing euphoria or pursuing a dazzling career as a barrel-racing, tasselled-chap wearing, Stetson-sporting cowgirl... Ye-haw!
♥ additionally, cole has been embroiled in controversy before due to her 'hades hangman' dark romance series, which featured an enemies-to-lovers romance between the daughter of a mexican cartel boss and the heir of the texas ku klux klan. rachel from reads with rachel covered it in this video while marines from mynameismarines has read and reviewed the book in this video and isabel from happy for now has discussed the controversy as well as the book contents in this video.
♥ more information on the book itself can be found on this goodreads site. please practice responsible readership by educating yourself on the harm white supremacy/white supremacist groups perpetuate against marginalized groups and how this harm can be promoted by the current systems and institutions in place.
♥ to learn more about 'a thousand boy kisses', here is a link to an interview cole did with kia carrington-russell.