I was born in Wirksworth, Derbyshire at the beginning of December 1964. As the first-born of three children, and the fifth living generation in a local mining family, I hit the news early, appearing in the Derbyshire Times for my mother’s efforts. Living all my life on the Derbyshire, Nottinghamshire border I met my husband – a local lad - when I was 16 and we still live in the same area with our two children. After school – which frankly, I found that I was disappointed in because of the lack of encouragement I received - work consisted of factories until I started my own clothing manufacturing business in the eighties.
In recent times a more stable lifestyle has allowed me to follow jobs better in line with my character. I spent a number of years working as a Bouncer Door Supervisor at public houses and night clubs, trying out different ways of getting away with being violent keeping fit – such as kick boxing and gym work - I like to do things girls don’t normally do and always do everything to the best of my ability. I am competitive and I love a challenge.
Since school: I have always been interested in reading and enjoyed writing but due to work and partying an active social life, I didn’t find the time to put pen to paper for any of my stories. In the last few years I have been writing down ideas for this and other books and after a nine-month spell working at a school decided to take a year off work to finally produce this first book. It’s taken a lot longer than the one year that we had anticipated but it has been SO worth it!