I am a single Mother living, working and writing in Middle England. I've described this as a bit like Middle Earth in it's beauty but the trees don't walk. Born in 1969, I'm told I saw the moon landings, but being only four months old I can't remember! I try to live in as green a way as possible, growing some of my own crops and doing as much reducing, reusing and recycling as is possible. This year I am rearranging the garden and growing new things and new varieties alongside the old favourites. I'm a pisces and a rooster, depending which zodiac system you prefer and my favourite colours are green and purple.

I've been writing since a very good friend dared me to take part in the National Novel Writing Month challenge - 50,000 words in 30 days, and it is so intense it's unreal. That happened in November 2005 and The Portal Between is the end result. In 2006 I wrote the back story and hated it, then in 2007 I started a science fiction piece that may yet see the printed page, but it needs to be finished first. I'm currently working on the next Portal book - The Portal Sundered, and when that's finished I'm planning to dust off either the science fiction project or an interesting post apocalypse tale. Or maybe I'll start work on the next in the Portal series.

I also run Ethics Trading and through there I can sell my own books, the incredibly versatile soap nuts, the ingenious paper potter, essential oils and any other eco friendly product that catches my eye. The weather at the moment is leading me to take Ethical business and green consumerism into the garden.