Terry Lamsley, A Buxton Author

Terry Lamsley began his life in the south of England, but has spent most of his life here in the north..

Over the years along with his family, he nurtured a love for books and for a while, was the owner of a small, but fascinating second-hand bookshop here in Buxton. At this time, he developed a talent for writing short stories and poems.

It was during the early 1990s, that he decided with a friend, Michael Patey-Ford, to write and self-publish a collection of horror stories. The twist to this, was that these stories were to feature the town of Buxton and the surrounding area.

Whilst Terry worked on creating these dark tales of terror, Michael prepared the illustrations that were to accompany the book.

August 1993 saw the publication of "Under The Crust", where upon 500 copies were printed for sale in the town. The demand for this was more than Terry had expected, and he was exceptionally pleased to see it selling so well. Nowadays, the first edition of this book has long been out of print, although copies have been very highly sought after in the USA.

Terry's first novel gained him the "Best Novella" award. During 1996, Ash-Tree Press not only published a second edition of this book, but also a new book that Terry had been working on in the meantime. This held an even more haunting title, "Conference with the Dead", and unlike his previous book, not all of its stories used Buxton as their location.

Terry is very modest about his writing talents, including those which provide him with the inspiration to create such spine-chilling stories.

We at Buxton Online congratulate him on gaining his well deserved awards and nominations. We also look forward to reading his latest offering, "Dark Matters", which is again published by Ash-Tree Press.