Jill Rowan lives in the Shropshire countryside. She is a keen photographer and natural history enthusiast with a special interest in spiders. She also likes to engage in gardening, lazy walks and leisurely cycle rides. She has obtained both a BA and a BSc with the Open University and has studied subjects as diverse as astronomy, creative writing, languages, environmental science and religion. Her first book, The Legacy, was published in 2011, and her second, The Dream, was published in early 2013. She self-published her third novel, Angelica Died, along with three short stories. She has just released her first work for seven years, a novella, Christmas at Killanara.