About L. E. Luttrell

Best Selling Author

My Story

L.E. Luttrell was born in Sydney, Australia and spent the first 21 years of her life there before moving to the UK. After working in publishing for a few years she trained as a teacher and from the 90s spent many years working in secondary education, although she’s had numerous other part time jobs.

How I started Writing

Stories have always been a passion of mine. As an avid reader, I always have one or two books on the go. With an active imagination from as far back as I can remember, I have always made up stories. Sometimes my imagination has translated itself to the written page (via the computer) – other times it remains in my head. I regularly have long distance driving experiences both in Australia (journeys in Australia to visit friends and family can routinely cover 4,000 or more kilometres) and the UK, so I often make up different stories to pass the time.

In the 90s, frustrated that I could not find interest level appropriate books for struggling teenage readers, I wrote short scary Australian wildlife stories for young people I worked with in literacy groups. They loved the stories and it motivated the groups to read, but I did nothing about attempting to have them published, despite their encouragement that I should. I didn’t consider it a viable option.

In 2004 while spending a year in Australia, I wrote two full length manuscripts – one for young adults, one for adults. They were only in draft form and I planned to work on them when I returned to the UK. But a few nights after returning to London, the house I was living in was burgled and my laptop and handbag were stolen. In my handbag I had the only back up copy of the work – in my first ever memory stick that was shaped a bit like a pen. Once I returned to my teaching work, finding the time to start a new manuscript proved difficult.

In 2016, after completing yet another house renovation, I decided I needed a break from hard physical work and started writing a story that had been in my head for some years. I haven’t stopped writing or editing my stories since.