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L.D. Taylor

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LD Taylor broke into the world of young adult fiction in 2011, after a successful and prolific career writing for the entertainment technology industry. In the award-winning Motive Games, Taylor combined her in-depth knowledge of the game industry with her passion for mystery novels. Today, Taylor expands the Motive Games series with the help of her daughter, son and programmer husband.

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The first book in the Motive Games series is set in Canada; the second in NZ. Love the globe-trotting crime-busting. Is there another book and, if so, what country is going to feature?

L.D. Taylor Because this series is loosely inspired by "The Song of Roland" (La Chanson de Roland), like the Song of Roland it will be in three parts (with differ…moreBecause this series is loosely inspired by "The Song of Roland" (La Chanson de Roland), like the Song of Roland it will be in three parts (with different settings for each part). I felt it would be fitting to end the series in Europe: the place the Song Roland is set. I haven't yet decided if if the story will take place solely in France (the setting of the third part of La Chanson de Roland) or in one of the other countries Roland myths are set in. I expect France will play at least some part in the story.(less)

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What inspired you to write crime thrillers for teens?

L.D. Taylor A family tragedy actually launched me into writing for teens.
Let's start with, 'why crime thrillers' though. I've always loved mysteries: I grew up o…moreA family tragedy actually launched me into writing for teens.
Let's start with, 'why crime thrillers' though. I've always loved mysteries: I grew up on a diet of Nancy Drew and Trixie Belden (girl detective fiction) and graduated into 1930's classic crime novels and short stories. I looked originally at writing crime thrillers for adults, but I didn't like much of what was currently being published (too sordid). However, I quickly realised that in writing for teens: you're expected to keep it clean (whoohoo!) I was dragging my butt a bit though, when my eldest son (then 13) had an incident at school where a kid broke his arm (intentionally). We lived in rural Ontario at the time and had to make numerous trips into Ottawa to the Children's Hospital over the next couple of months. It was on one of those trips (2 hours each way) that I said, 'Ok. Let's see if we can come up with the outline for a mystery novel set in the video game industry." Everyone in the family (except maybe my daughter who was then 1) threw her/himself into it. That's why the first book is dedicated to my two sons: it was really born of their trauma (even my second son ended up having to leave school due to the commotion that followed with the school over how they handled this). So… you never know how something good can be born of something tragic. (less)

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	Motive Games 4.09 avg rating — 32 ratings — published 2012 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
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Phil Roland Interview with Modder Magazine

Phil Roland is the son of renowned game designer, Marc Roland: creator of Iron Men, the Hammerhead series, Serial Assault I(technical design) and MasterCrime. Following Marc's tragic death last year, Phil started work at Motive Games where he is helping finish up his father's final contribution to the world of gaming, MasterCrime. Phil is himself a long-time modder and budding game artist/animator Read more of this blog post »

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“If there is a fundamental challenge within these stories, it is simply to change our lurking suspicion that some lives matter less than other lives.”
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“...to limit the meaning of Aslan simply to lion from Turkish is to miss its deep northern resonances and the song of the snowflakes whirling around it. Lewis admitted that, as a boy, he had been ‘crazed by northern–ness’ and there are many subtle references to Norse mythology in the story.
In fact, if we treat Aslan as a word from Old Norse, it simply means god of the land. By combining that meaning with Turkish lion, it is essentially cognate which Welsh, Llew, lion, the very word from which the name Lewis is derived.”
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