A bit more about me
I was born and raised in Lancashire where I live with my husband, two sons, two big dogs, and three naughty cats.
Most of the time I’m surrounded by distracting animals who like to sabotage my work (breaking my laptop, spilling things on my notes and eating my pencils). So my favourite place to write (when it’s not too cold) is in my little gothic writing shed in my garden known as the Witch Hut – inside is filled with pictures and oddities. It has a black roll top desk and a comfy armchair for reading.
The Witch Hut
Some of my favourite authors:
Terry Pratchett (if I was only allowed to read one author ever again it would be Terry).
Tolkien
Tove Janson
Diana Wynn Jones
Jane Austen
Roald Dahl
Philip Pullman
The Brontes
Shirley Jackson
Jonathan Stroud
Derek Landy
C.J. Tudor
Agatha Christie
Stephen King
Some of my favourite books (there are too many! But these are the ones I read most):
Everything by Terry Pratchett, I love his work – but especially Night Watch, Monstrous Regiment, Going Postal and the Tiffany Aching series.
The Lord of the Rings – I first read this when I was 10 years old after finding it in a video game and became obsessed with the world.
The Hobbit (I read it every December)
Howl’s Moving Castle
The Wind in the Willows
Jane Eyre
The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy
Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell
The Moomins
We Have Always Lived in the Castle
The Secret of Platform 13
The Witches
