The author was born in 1958 in a beautiful Buckinghamshire village; married and brought up four wonderful children with magical imaginations; attended evening Art classes, mixing with like-minded artistic people – potters, painters and writers. When her marriage ended in 1997, she moved to Oxfordshire with her four children, working as a Retail and Area Manager until 2009. Later, she moved to Cornwall to enjoy semi-retirement and to have more time to spend in her garden and pursue her passion for writing and painting.