Karen Millie-James was born in north-west London to a father who had escaped Germany with the kindertransport in 1939 and a mother who was a talented window dresser in London’s West End. Inspired to do well, Karen studied business and languages at the University of Westminster and commenced her career in the legal department of Levi Strauss, quickly being promoted to European Group Company Secretary, where she remained until the company closed down its European headquarters. For the following ten years, she worked for a multi-discipline organisation in Central London but it was always Karen’s dream to set up her own consultancy which she did twenty-three years ago. Karen is widely recognised internationally as an expert in the corporate field and she sits on many boards of directors in an advisory capacity. Writing has always been Karen’s true passion and what started as an enjoyable hobby, has become an exciting part of her life, made all the more enjoyable due to her background in business, literature and linguistics and having a vivid imagination.