At long last I have an office to write in, with room for all my books and bits of scribbled on papers. I live on the Essex coast in a lovely two-bed-roomed flat, which I share with my husband, Michael. It’s also very exciting to see the first picture roughs, as my wonderful, talented illustrators bring the text to life. I love to create worlds for young children to enjoy and escape into – whether the stories are educational, bedtime, problem solving or just plain good fun. I couldn’t imagine myself doing anything else. I still go to the same writing class and we have become a big happy family of writers!įor me, writing is the best job ever. Things snowballed and a lot (yes lots and lots) of hard work later I now write full time and have over 50 books published. I had no success with article writing, or short stories, or fiction, but the first children’s story I wrote, for a magazine called Twinkle, was accepted for publication. I began to write after joining a creative writing class. I had a variety of jobs, including secretary, trainee buyer at Harrods, dental nurse, production assistant in a reprographic and printing company and various others. I’ve been a writer for over 15 years now, but it wasn’t planned!
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