He is the author of sixteen books to date including: Felicity Brady and the Wizard's Bookshop (Galibrath's Will, Articulus Quest, Incantus Gothmog, Glumweedy's Devil and Crowl's Creepers), The Gullfoss Legends[2]Tor Assassin Hunter, Tor Wolf Rising, Tiffany Sparrow and I Think I Murdered Miss.

The award was presented to Billy Bob Buttons at a ceremony in London.

His picture book The Boy Who Piddled in His Grandad's Slippers was produced as an animated short film in 2018.

A film of I Think I Murdered Miss is presently in pre-production with a release date of Summer 2020.

Born in Yorkshire, Trayer has a wife, Therese Råsbäck, and three children.