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My most recent book, The Purple School Bus Murders, a murder mystery set in Vermont is the outlier – it grew from the vision of a deserted vehicle on a field that my wife and I pass on our walks. Born in Budapest and having escaped the political turmoil of 1956, Tatrallyay’s life story is as compelling as the fiction he crafts.
I remembered our escape visually, and, as I was only seven at the time, I did not understand what was happening around me until much later. Through Google Maps, for example, I was able to zoom myself right into the Mayak site in what is now Russia where the heist takes place. Since 2004, he has been managing a few investments and devoting himself to his family and his writing.
Since 2004, he has been semi-retired, managing a few investments mainly in the clean energy sector and devoting himself to his family and his writing. He graduated from Harvard University with a BA in Human Ecology in 1972 after taking a break in his studies to work as a host in the Ontario Pavilion at Expo’70 in Osaka, Japan. Publishing
For the Children, the narrative memoir of the author’s escape from Hungary and immigration to Canada, published on May 28, 2015 by Editions Dedicaces
The Expo Affair, the memoir of three Czechoslovak girls who approached the author during Expo70, the world’s fair in Osaka, Japan to help them defect to Canada, published in April, 2016 by Guernica Editions
Twisted Traffick, the second book in the ‘Twisted’ trilogy of international crime thrillers focusing on human trafficking, published in October 2017 by Black Opal Books
Sighs and Murmurs, a collection of poems, published in April 2018 by P.R.A.
Publishing in April 2019
Geza’s Other Publications
Sophie, My Dear (short story translation from Hungarian), in Saturday Night, October, 1977
A Wanderer's Evensong (after Goethe), Quarry, Summer, 1983, Volume 32/3
Dawn Dreams, American Poetry Anthology, Spring/Summer, 1983, Vol.
II, No. 1-2
Echoes, Pierian Spring, Autumn, 1983
Autumnal Question, Quarry, Winter, 1984, Volume 33/1
Let's Give Business An Incentive It Understands (with A.J. Cassils), Globe & Mail, October 21, 1988
Portfolio Pollution, The Greenhouse Gas Risk Factor, (with P.
Bodnar), The RMA Journal, June, 2003
Café Scene, SunStruck Magazine, April, 2016
Ember Eyes, PoemTown Randolph Anthology, April 2017
Mo(u)rning, PoemTown Randolph Anthology, April 2017
For a Squashed Land Crab, PoemTown Randolph Anthology, April 2017
Haiku: Milky Way, published in October, 2017 issue of Byword
The Trout, published in December 2017 issue of Polar Expressions
Saturn, published in the PoemTown Randolph April 2018 Anthology.
The Witching Hour, published in the 37.2 Spring/Summer 2018 issue of Existere Journal.
The world is a dangerous place … was published in the August 2018 issue of Grey Borders Magazine.
Haiku: Raqqa was published in the August 2018 issue of Grey Borders Magazine.
There is no second chance … was published in the August 2018 issue of Grey Borders Magazine.
Extinction was published in the August 2018 issue of Grey Borders Magazine.
Drowning was published in the August 2018 issue of Grey Borders Magazine.
The Dragonfly was published in the August 2018 issue of Grey Borders Magazine.
Haiku: statement of godlessness was published in the August 2018 issue of Grey Borders Magazine.
Haiku: pis was published in the August 2018 issue of Grey Borders Magazine.
Unhinged leaders was published in the August 2018 issue of Grey Borders Magazine.
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Geza’s professional experience has included stints in government, international organizations, finance, and environmental entrepreneurship.
He grew up in Toronto, attending the University of Toronto Schools, where he was School Captain.
Geza was selected as a Rhodes Scholar from Ontario, attending Oxford University and graduating with a BA/MA in Human Sciences in 1974; he completed his studies with a MSc in Economics from London School of Economics and Politics in 1975. He has several books as well in the pipeline or as work in progress.
Geza’s Books
Arctic Meltdown, a political / environmental thriller, e-published on Amazon and www.smashwords.com, December, 2011
Twisted Reasons, an international crime thriller, published by Deux Voiliers Publishing, November 2014
Cello’s Tears, a collection of poems, published on May 14, 2015 by P.R.A.
Since The International Atomic Energy Agency is there, and there was quite a bit of concern then about the possible heist of some nuclear material from a former Soviet site, Twisted Reasons all came together naturally.
How did your early interest in the environment and human sciences influence the themes you explore in your books?
At Harvard, my mentor was Professor Roger Revelle, who was one of the first to point to the agency of greenhouse gases in global warming.
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Geza Tatrallyay Explores Thrilling Narratives Rooted in Personal Experience
Photo: Geza Tatrallyay, acclaimed author and poet, known for his compelling tales of espionage and environmental awareness.
International Intrigue, Environmental Themes, And A Life Rich In History
Geza Tatrallyay discusses his inspirations for writing thrillers and memoirs, weaving personal history with geopolitical themes across multiple literary genres.
Geza Tatrallyay is a remarkable force in contemporary literature, an author whose works weave together thrilling narratives with profound reflections on personal and global histories.
Also, two summers spent in the Arctic in my student days working for the Geological Survey of Canada, already then made me acutely aware of climate change. I love putting all this together, and I am sure aspiring writers will find the same. My favorite movie, The Third Man, based on Graham Greene’s wonderful novel, is set there immediately after World War II, and I thought it would be fun to write a modern-day take-off on it.
Keep at it and good luck!
Born in Budapest, Hungary, Geza Tatrallyay escaped with his family in 1956 during the Hungarian Revolution, immigrating to Canada the same year. A poem usually starts in the brain around a theme, a vision or an emotion, that then brings up words that I the play around with, until the poem emerges.
In all my prose – and I guess poetry too – I weave in my own personal experience, and most of my prose is set in a well-researched historical context. Also, when we were living in Vienna with my wife between 2004 and 2009, it was a no brainer – after all, the former Imperial Capital is historically an entrepot for international intrigue and spying.
Publishing
Twisted Fates, the third book in the ‘Twisted’ trilogy if international crime thrillers to be published by Black Opal Books in June 2018
The Waffle and the Pancake, a children’s picture story book, published by Bayeux Arts in September 2018
The Rainbow Vintner, an international political thriller about the rise of jihadist terrorism and the extreme far right in France, published by Black Opal Books in February 2019
The Fencers, a memoir about a Romanian-Hungarian fencer the author helped defect to Canada at the Montreal 1976 Olympic Games, where he was representing Canada in epée fencing, published by Deux Voiliers Publishing in March 2019
Extinction, a collection of more recent poems, published by P.R.A.