An Introduction to Tina Irving

Author Central – all of my books in one place.  My pen name for some publications is Dawn Marshall.

Tina Irving nee Marshall was born in Scunthorpe, Lincolnshire, in 1954. She is an inveterate explorer and writer and has travelled for most of her life. She is now settled in Scotland, having spent six years in Northern Ireland, with frequent forays to the wonderful city of Dublin with all its  writers and poets. She has been writing articles since she was thirteen.  Life is very different in the North than in the south, and some of these differences come out in her writing.  Membership of the Inkslingers is highly recommended, if not essential, if you want to learn to write.  The members are very supportive and helpful.  Their weekly meetings are well organised and consist of hybrid sessions, some on Zoom and others at the Irish Writers Centre in Dublin, and other venues.

Tina went to school in Gainsborough Secondary Modern, and from there to the Gainsborough Technical College where she studied shorthand and typing. Her mother insisted that she learn this, and it has held her in good stead. Tina worked as a secretary in Libya for several years, before going to London South Bank University at the age of thirty eight and studied for a joint honours degree in Computing and Spanish, achieving a 2:1 in 1998. She then became a project planner / manager in the banks, pulling together projects on the banking systems in Ireland and England. In 2000 she moved to Scotland and bought a bed and breakfast with her then partner, Brian Sparks. In 2005 Tina studied for a Masters in Environmental Economics, Policy and Risk at Heriot Watt University, achieving a Post Graduate Diploma as she spent too much time playing with her horses, which were the real love of her life. She can no longer get in the saddle.

All in all, Tina loves projects and seeing them come to fruition. She is firmly single and her focus is more on creative writing these days, rather than facts and figures.  Having said that she does take on  environmental research projects as required.