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, Montana.Gregson, Tyler Knott (2014). ''Chasers of the Light'', Penguin Group, New York. . Gregson has accrued fame as a poet on social media platforms such as

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and Twitter since 2009. He writes and posts a bi-weekly newsletter
Signal Fire
filled with essays, poetry, and photography, and continues to publish poetry anthologies.Russell, Anna
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Background

Gregson studied sociology and criminology at the

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. He worked as a

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for various companies, and began blogging on his own in 2009. He says he has written poetry since being in middle school.

Typewriter Series and career

The "Typewriter Series" was born in 2012 when Gregson found an old typewriter in a Helena antique store and typed out a poem spontaneously. He said, "I just did it all at once and it was like stream of consciousness, I didn't plan it or think it through—I just let it go." The poet now challenges himself to post one of these every single day. Gregson's main incentive for writing is to express that poetry is not dead and is something to be valued. Writing about various themes like love,

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, sadness, and

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, has enabled his readers to relate their own experiences to his words. Gregson has enticed readers by inspiring them to view the world in a different light. To continue making a difference with his writing, Gregson donated $2 of the sales for every pre-ordered book of ''Chasers of the Light'' to the

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(TWLOHA) suicide prevention organization. The author has ranked a huge social media following, consisting of 328,000 followers on Tumblr and 357,000 on Instagram These followers are rapidly increasing as fellow celebrities have noticed his work and are mentioning him to their own followers. Singer-songwriter

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has encouraged fans to check out Gregson's work which has provided him more exposure in the social media realm. He also works as a professional

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photographing all around the world at a company he co-founded with his wife, Sarah Linden Gregson, Chasers of the Light. He is a

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. He proudly lives on the Autism Spectrum, and has a podcast about life with Autism Spectrum Disorder with friend and Welsh poet
Ash Raymond James
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Somewhere On The Spectrum
Publishes a bi-weekly newsletter
Signal Fire
filled with essays on life, love, activism, autism, poetry, and all the rest.

Publications

Mr. Gregson's first poetry book, “Chasers of the Light,” became a national bestseller with more than 120,000 copies in print.

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, a division of

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Random House, picked up Gregson's "Typewriter series" and published selected poems from it into a compilation called ''Chasers of the Light'' in 2014. The collection of poetry was a top 10 bestseller of non-fiction within its second week of publication, according to the ''

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''. On October 20, 2015 Gregson came out with a collection of

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on love, entitled ''All the Words Are Yours''. On March 28, 2017, Gregson published his third collection of poetry, ''Wildly into the Dark: Typewriter Poems and the Rattlings of a Curious Mind''. He is also the

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along with Sarah Linden Gregson in the publication of the Children's book, ''North Pole Ninjas: Mission: Christmas!'', which was published on October 18, 2016. On March 5, 2019, Gregson published his fifth book, a self-help and poetry life reboot book, ''Miracle in the Mundane: Poems, Prompts, and Inspiration to Unlock Your Creativity and Unfiltered Joy''. On March 30, 2020, Gregson published his sixth book, a poetry and photography book on light and endurance, ''Illumination: Poetry to Light Up The Darkness''.

Bibliography

*''Chasers of the Light''.

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. 2014. *''All the Words Are Yours''. Perigee Books. 2015. *''North Pole Ninjas: Mission: Christmas!''.

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; Har/Toy edition. 2016. *''Wildly into the Dark''. Perigee Books. 2017. *''Miracle in the Mundane''. Perigee Books. 2019. *''Illumination''. Perigee Books. 2020.

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