Frank Wayne Mottl

Frank is retired from the paper mill. Upon retirement, he went back to university and obtained his Bachelor of Arts - English Major from Thompson Rivers University. Since then, he has not looked back. After having taught English in China for a year, he wrote "The Cumberland Tales," published by Mythmoulder.

He has been published in four different anthologies by the Poetry Institute of Canada: "Island Shores" an anthology of verse; "The Old Veranda Swing" an anthology of prose; "Fires of Autumn" an anthology of prose; and "Passages of the Heart" an anthology of verse. In 2018, he won an 'Award of Excellence' by the Poetry Institute of Canada.

He is currently working on his second manuscript, "Mother's Keep" (soon to be complete), and has begun work on his third: "Cumberland: Four Ways In, One Way Out." His poetry and prose have also been published by 'Truth Serum Press' in Australia.