About Me
The story of
Matt Twinley
Matt Twinley is the author of The Blood Crystal, the first book in his young adult fantasy series The Trucekeeper Saga.
After graduating from the University of St. Andrews, Matt flitted from job to job, working as a wine merchant, audio transcriber and English teacher, all the while wanting to be a writer. He penned plays for schools, film reviews, blogs and several projects he swears will never see the light of day. It was only while daydreaming in class as a teaching assistant that he planned his first book…
Matt lives in Surrey, UK with his wife whose type 1 diabetes inspired the magic system featured in The Trucekeeper Saga. He can usually be found hiding indoors scribbling away at a new story, researching something bizarre or lost in a videogame, book or film. If you see him outside, he’s either at a restaurant, bookshop or cinema—otherwise he’s lost.
Get lost in a book and you'll never be truly lost again...
Books
Some secrets run deeper than blood…
Long ago, a battle was fought against the dark Etheria, creatures who wanted control of the world.
Now, Etheria are kept hidden by Trucekeepers. They’re just myths… or are they?
Hannah is a frustrated sixteen-year-old—fed up with school, her diabetes and desperate to find somewhere she belongs.
Daegan is a Trucekeeper—a fearless warrior with a dark past, sworn to keep the existence of mythical creatures a secret.
Their lives couldn’t be more different… But everything changes when a magical blood crystal brings them together.
After Daegan saves Hannah from a vicious zburător, she discovers the existence of Etheria—mythical creatures from all around the world, hidden by the Trucekeepers for centuries.
As Daegan trains her to become a Trucekeeper, Hannah rubs shoulders with Etheria, learns how to cast magic and finds somewhere she can finally call home… until she discovers that her mysterious past is the key to a war that could destroy the Trucekeepers and her new home forever.