About Me

I grew up in Exeter in a happy but eccentric family and helped my father build a remarkable animated model of a three-ring circus.

When I left school, the whole family joined together to buy a derelict school and turn it into a popular tourist attraction.

Later, I helped form a company that designed Christmas displays for shopping centres and spent many years creating life-size reindeer, humorous penguins and Santa’s Grottoes.

In more recent times, I was involved with writing and producing two feature-length films before turning my attention to books.

I am lucky enough to live in Devon with my husband Robert who cooks fabulous food and tolerates my peculiarities!