Grace Jolliffe’s first novel, Piggy Monk Square, was shortlisted for the Commonwealth New Writers Prize and broadcast on RTE's Book on One. Grace is not quite the full hermit, but she does live quietly in Galway, surrounded by rocks, stones and roads to nowhere. In the past, Grace taught scriptwriting and creative writing to keep her in teabags and light. Following a serious accident she gave up teaching and now shares her knowledge from her website: Practical Creative Writing Grace loves nature and walking but the accident kept her indoors for quite some time. She blames the frustration/cabin fever for the creation of her imaginary town of Ballyyahoo. She is happy in her current position as head of imagination at Ballyyahoo and is responsible for creating stories that combine magic and nature. She aims to entice children to leave their screens and put on some wellies. Grace also writes for adults and is just finished two new novels from her Women Of Liverpool series. When The Sun Shines and The Sunshine Girl, will be available shortly. Grace can be found at Grace Jolliffewhere you can sign up for her books and read her articles about rocks, stones and roads to nowhere, as well as this funny old world as she sees it.