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Local Author Book Signing

Wed, 30 Mar 2016 11:15:16 CDT
A local author will sign copies of his “police thriller” book at the Farmersville-Waggoner Public Library on Saturday. Author Ed Traylor of Waggoner retired in 2009 after a career with the Illinois State Police. He was headquartered in Litchfield for part of his career. Traylor began writing “The Crossing” in 2010. He says he watched a lot of news after he retired and that's when he got the idea for the book.

“Every time the news was on, it was always about the border - how porous the border was. I just got to thinking about that and why hadn't the terrorists come across the border to attack us. One morning, I woke up and this story was in my head – the core of the story, at least, was in my head. I told my wife about it and she said, 'You know, that sounds good, you should write that down.' So, at that time, I started writing an outline and just went from there.”

Traylor's novel is about a terror attack originating from the U.S. - Mexico border with some of the story, including characters, based in central Illinois. Traylor says some of his experience while working as a State Policeman was an influence in the book.

“With being a policeman that long, you hear all kinds of stories from people who do work the area and some of that would certainly come into play during the writing of the book.”

Traylor's work earned second place at the Public Safety Writer's Association Conference in Las Vegas last July. Traylor says he already has another police thriller in the works. A book signing with Ed Traylor takes place from 1:30 to 5pm on Saturday at the Farmersville-Waggoner Public Library at 210 South Cleveland Street in Farmersville. You can find out more about the book by listening to the full interview with the author here: Ed Traylor Interview.

Thomack 3/30/16