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I have had a varied life, working as a teenager in a bank in Zimbabwe, then returning to England to become deputy head a Shropshire primary school. After early retirement, there were many careers. Working first as an actress, I then set up my own art and craft business, trained for three years to hold the Office of Reader in the Church of England, and then became a full time writer of children’s fiction. Living in Shropshire, I write historical fiction for older children, suitable for Key Stage 2 and 3. I have just completed my first fantasy that moves into Norse Mythology and is set in the Shropshire village of Tong. At the moment, I am writing the sequel to Candle Dark, to be called River Dark, and set on the River Severn. Candle Dark is a story about a pit pony driver in Blists Hill in the late 18th century, an exciting adventure suitable for Key Stage 2, and available online and at the Museum Book Shop in the Victorian Village at Blists Hill and in libraries. I have further books planned for the Wolf and the Task Bearer Series, and I am looking forward to writing more adventure stories about the places I visited when taking children on environmental study trips around Shropshire.

I have had a varied life, working as a teenager in a bank in Zimbabwe, then returning to England to become deputy head a Shropshire primary school. After early retirement, there were many careers. Working first as an actress, I then set up my own art and craft business, trained for three years to hold the Office of Reader in the Church of England, and then became a full time writer of children’... More