I'm a writer of historical romances mostly and I'm pleased to say my historical romance Songbird won a Chill Book Premier Readers' Award in March 2019 and in September 2020 it was the Finalist Winner in historical romance with Readers' Favourite. I've also been awarded a 5* review from Readers' Favourite for The Wild Poppy (2021) and A Cruel Suspicion (2023). I've lived in Yorkshire, England for most of my life. I have two children and five grandchildren with lots more family in the North of England. I've done many jobs in my time, including a nurse; training at St James' Hospital in Leeds and I've also done 'time' working for the Prison Service. When my children were young I successfully completed an Open University degree studying psychology and sociology. I'm now a proud member of Promoting Yorkshire Authors and love attending the get-togethers and meeting other authors. As well as writing I love country walks and travelling abroad. I have great fun while waiting at bus stations, railways stations, airports and ferry ports - any place where people are on the move, as I'm a terrible people watcher.