A Dursley father has overcome his challenges with dyslexia to write a book after being inspired by his daughter.

Michael Hamill has written a children's book based on characters and ideas he created with his eight-year-old daughter Molly while making up bedtime stories.

Michael, who lives in Dursley, stated that for most of his life he had previously been too 'embarrassed' to put pen to paper due to his spelling and grammar.

He has been working hard to overcome his challenges and has now written a book and has also completed an engineering degree at the Open University. 

“For me, writing this book was a great achievement because I am dyslexic,” Michael said. 

“For most of my life I was too embarrassed to put pen to paper because of my spelling and grammar.

Gazette Series: Michael Hamill with his daughter Molly aged eight and his children’s book Molly’s Wings Michael Hamill with his daughter Molly aged eight and his children’s book Molly’s Wings  (Image: Michael Hamill)

“In recent years I’ve worked very hard to overcome my problem, first by obtaining a degree and now this book. 

“My daughter Molly would ask me to tell her a bedtime story. 

“I would then ask her to give me some characters, and using the characters I would make a story up. This is one of these stories. Molly’s Wings is about.

“This story is about how friends overcame many dangerous situations on their long journey to find the unicorns.”

Molly’s Wings, which was published on Thursday, is about three young fairy friends, Molly, Polly and Holly, who were exposed to a rare wing infection that affected their ability to fly. 

You can buy the book at Pegasus Publishers here - https://tinyurl.com/2p9be7be