‘I Want to Tell You a Story’

Born in South London, UK, I was one of four children – all survivors of familial childhood abuse. I became a Christian at fifteen, which helped me to recover from my childhood, and has been the centre of my life ever since.

Formerly a research scientist, then a social worker and manager of a day service for older people, I changed career to become a local authority safeguarding manager. This led to me eventually opening my own business as a safeguarding consultant. Meanwhile, I raised three children and now have five grandchildren ranging from the ages of sixteen to twenty-six. (just writing this down makes me realise that I’m ‘getting on’ – the polite description for a mature person!).

I began to write, illustrate, and self-publish phonics-focused picture books in 2015 to help my younger sister in her newly fledged business to teach pre-school children to read.

In 2018 I had the opportunity to learn how to write a novel in a year, which enabled me to complete my memoir, and since then I haven’t looked back.

You can find my picture books, memoir, its sequel, and two novels on Amazon.

Currently, I’m seeking representation for a fourth novel to get it traditionally published, whilst writing novel number 5 and five more picture books. At the same time, I’m learning to improve my skills. Life for me continues to be busy, exhilarating and never dull. I love it