About the author

Dear reader,

I was brought up in the Liverpool suburbs, the youngest child in a working class family. I went to grammar school but left at the age of fifteen to start work as a typist in a Law Stationer's Office in the city centre. At the time, I promised my English teacher that one day I would take my English Language and Literature 'O' levels.

I eventually kept my promise, gaining '0' and 'A' levels while my children were young, then a BA (Hons) in English and History when they had all flown the nest. In 1998, at the age of 59, I graduated from The University of Liverpool with an MA in Victorian Literature.

I started writing in 2000 and Chasing Shadows is my first full-length novel, although I have written several short stories, some of which can be heard on www.shortstoryradio.com.