Last year I won the She Magazine Short Story Competition with the story, Sands In Time. Before that indie-published a YA/ crossover novel, ‘Talli’s Secret’, which was Whitbread long-listed, and a finalist in last year’s Brit Writer’s Unpublished Awards. More is on my website www.tallissecret.com. Studied psychology at Lancaster University, fan of Mslexia and Writing magazine, some of my writing has appeared in both. Currently working on a new novel which has invited some exciting responses. With five children, hard-working husband and a family business, home life is what my eldest calls: guaranteed chaos. Deeply intrigued by women writers’ multitasking: nurturing children and literary inspiration in the midst of mayhem.