Born as the 1970s beckoned, in Exeter, a West Country city, steeped in history. I was the youngest of five children, adopted at a very young age. A self-sufficient child, with an extremely vivid inner world, happy to run around the woods next to my house or jumping my imaginary pony over the fences I had set up on the front lawn. 

Sent to a very academic, girls' school, which was bearable, until I hit my teens, I thrived in the more creative subjects, (the same cannot be said for Science subjects or Physical Education). A love of fashion, music and makeup. along with a fair amount of rebellion, sums up the mid 1980s for me, followed by a Degree in English Literature and History.

Writing ambitions were put on hold, (or rather, to the back of my mind,) as working as a Careers Adviser and raising two sons took over. North West London became my home, where I still live.