I came late to writing although I always knew that was what I wanted to do when I grew up. My previous careers - working in the area of child abuse and neglect, and on the human side of management development - feed into the process of writing. I see them as compost for the imagination. Similar themes - of relationships, communication, and trust, identity, betrayal and forgiveness are to be found in my novels. I live in a lively Devon village, used to enjoy driving the community bus and love being a grandmother.