Where did you grow up, and how did this influence your writing?
I grew up in Hampshire, England. My environment didn't really influence my writing, but my upbringing and family background did. My family and upbringing was what you might call, dysfunctional and this led to me learning pretty quickly to withdraw inside myself. I developed a very strong creativity that helped me in many ways, from helping to keep me sane during the traumas of abuse, autism and other such things, to giving me a world to live in, inside my head, where I could be great, loved and where I could make a difference.
When did you first start writing?
I first tried to write stories when I was a teenager, but I never had the knowledge or skill to make them 'big enough' to be full length stories. I never lost the ability to be inspired for plots and story lines though, and finally, in June 2011, I started to write one evening and didn't leave the computer until 4 am. My first book was born.
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