When IÆm not writing books, IÆm reading them. For many years I was an English teacher in a secondary school in Devon. Nowadays, I write full time. ItÆs my absolute dream-come-true job!

As a child, I wrote stories about ponies and pop stars, though not together. Today they call it fan-fiction; back then it was just weird.

After school, I worked as a reporter on a local newspaper. From there I went to university to study English Literature. After backpacking around the Middle East, South America, Australia, I did a PGCE in English and became a teacher.

Many years later, I bought myself a lovely big notebook and some new pens. I enrolled on the MA Writing For Young People at Bath Spa University, and got writing again. æFrost Hollow HallÆ was started on the MA course. It is my first novel, and took two years and many cups of tea to write.
I live in the Somerset hills with my husband and two Jack Russell terriers.

Five More Things About Me:
ò I am obsessed with snow.
ò My dogs Pip and Bertie snooze next to me when IÆm writing.
ò I have been a vegetarian since the age of 11.
ò I love peanut butter AND marmite AND cucumber on toast û donÆt knock it ætil you try it.
ò My favorite book is æFingersmithÆ by Sarah Waters.