Dale Cramer is the author of the bestselling and critically acclaimed novels Paradise Valley and The Captive Heart.
In his early forties, when Dale left his job in the trades sector to become a stay-at-home dad, he suddenly found himself with time on his hands, so he pursued a lifelong dream and taught himself to write.
Using an online writer’s forum as a training ground, he wrote his first short stories in 1996. As his writing skills improved he turned to novels, publishing his first book, Sutter’s Cross, in 2003.
The following is a January 2013 interview with Dale.
In his early forties, when Dale left his job in the trades sector to become a stay-at-home dad, he suddenly found himself with time on his hands, so he pursued a lifelong dream and taught himself to write.
Using an online writer’s forum as a training ground, he wrote his first short stories in 1996. As his writing skills improved he turned to novels, publishing his first book, Sutter’s Cross, in 2003.
The following is a January 2013 interview with Dale.