I've loved to create stories for as long as I can remember; characters come tumbling out of my brain and worlds develop around them. Though I have more than a few folders on my laptop with stories (and scribbles in a filing drawer), I've never given myself the space to fully develop them – until now.

Now that my children are grown, and I'm no longer managing an environmental group, sitting on committees and doing academic stuff, I've publish the first book (Skyseeker Princess) of a contemporary, low fantasy trilogy (Si’Empra: the Storyteller and the Webcleaner), have the second book (Ülrügh) off with beta readers and am in the process of developing the third one (The virigin’ lure). I’m also playing around with a coming of age story (just to be different!).