

Additionally, she expects contemporary readers to enjoy stories set in the past because the Victorian era has a lot in common with the 21st Century. Byrne enjoys tracing the influences the past has had on the present.

She is obsessed with the cultures, traditions, clothes, and mannerisms. If Byrne had her way, she would have been born in the Victorian era, a time when women wore flowing skirts and people drove horse-drawn carriages. Later on, she discovered and fell for historical fiction. She started writing her first book after reading the Chronicles of Narnia. But she reached a point in her life when she realized that the tales swirling about in her soul had to be told. One day, like many writers, Byrne realized that the perfect story would continue to elude her until she penned it herself.īryne doesn’t think her stories are perfect. She was always on the hunt for the perfect story, the kind that would tick all the right boxes. The author read a lot when she was young. Though, if she were to highlight one event that put her on the path to publishing success, it would probably be the stories she wrote when she was eight.

She has recorded several notable milestones over the course of her life, including the first workshop she ever attended, the day she made her website, the first book she wrote to completion, the first novel she started, and more.Īll these achievements have shaped the woman she eventually became.
