Sally Halsall

Sally Halsall was born as Sally Thake in 1966 and grew up in Southall, Middlesex (greater London, UK). Sally left school at 15 with two O levels and worked in various office jobs, running her own market stall at weekends. By the age of 22 Sally married a Glaswegian and became Mrs Henry, moving to Kent (UK) to have the first of two children and returning to Ealing, London after one year. A son followed in 1992 and in 1993 Sally returned to West Thames College with dreams of becoming a psychologist. In 1998 Sally obtained a 1:1 BSc degree in Psychology at Brunel University and shortly after this her marriage broke down. Sally struggled with the aftermath of the divorce and needed to work in several jobs to pay the bills. Sally moved to Hanwell, London and taught at West Thames College, The National Autistic Society, Richmond Adult College, Brooklands College, John Ruskin College, Brunel University and The Open University. Meanwhile, in 2005 Sally obtained her PhD in Psychology which resulted in her first book; 'Bullying as a Social Pathology' which was published by Edwin Mellen Press. Media coverage for Sally's research into bullying was extensive and covered a range of social and emotional issues leading to a request for Sally to post some biographical narrative online about her own struggle. This resulted in expected positive feedback from New York and suggestions that Sally should write an autobiographical novel hence her first fiction e-book (Safe) which you can read now. In 2011 Sally married again and became Sally Halsall and now lives near to London with her husband Geoff and her daughter Charlotte. Sally also works for the NHS at Stoke Mandeville Hospital where she is involved in research.