Mr Tumnal

Everyone has an idea of their ideal family. Not everyone’s become real

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About me

Derbyshire born. Suffolk bred. Lives in the shires.

T E Shepherd is an author/illustrator. He writes magic realism set in our, or closely-related, worlds. His debut novel, The End Of All Worlds, was released in 2012. His second novel, and the first in the Imaginary Friends trilogy, Mr Tumnal, was published in 2014. The second in the series, The Imaginary Wife, was published in 2018, and he's currently working on the final instalment, Forgotten Friends. He is also a landscape artist, and is currently working on a project with Erica Smith aka. the Bookshop Blogger to illustrate his way round the country to produce The Booklover's Guide to Bookshops. You can find out about upcoming releases by following on Twitter, liking on Facebook, or by joining the mailing list.

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  The Imaginary Wife

The Imaginary Wife

How would you feel if you discovered you were the imaginary creation of your best friend?

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@vnemma had an 80 year old, 816 piece jigsaw of the coronation of George VI and Elizabeth to sell on eBay. The problem was we had to do the puzzle to make sure all the pieces were there, which was harder than you think considering the picture on the box was bit three same as the puzzle and it consisted of large swathes of maroon, burgundy, and gold swirly bits… #jigsaws

@vnemma had an 80 year old, 816 piece jigsaw of the coronation of George VI and Elizabeth to sell on eBay. The problem was we had to do the puzzle to make sure all the pieces were there, which was…

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#TheOldWays that would make @robgmacfarlane proud: “he walked up the narrow road that in his own time was called Huntercombe Lane […] now, it was no more than a track through a forest” #TheDarkIsReading #amreading #wintersolstice #midwintersday

#TheOldWays that would make @robgmacfarlane proud: “he walked up the narrow road that in his own time was called Huntercombe Lane […] now, it was no more than a track through a forest” #TheDarkIsReading #amreading #wintersolstice #midwintersday

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#thenightcircus???? by @erinmorgenstern is what I call a quiet novel, but there is some imagery in it that just absolutely delights… “Only the ship is made of books, its sails thousands of overlapping pages, and the sea it floats upon of dark black ink.” #books???? #amreading

#thenightcircus???? by @erinmorgenstern is what I call a quiet novel, but there is some imagery in it that just absolutely delights… “Only the ship is made of books, its sails thousands of overlapping pages, and the sea it floats upon…

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