Born and bred in North Yorkshire I was brought up by my great grandmother and my grandfather. Having left school with poor GSE results and only one O'level, in English, I found myself working in a ...view moreBorn and bred in North Yorkshire I was brought up by my great grandmother and my grandfather. Having left school with poor GSE results and only one O'level, in English, I found myself working in a factory, only gaining a business diploma and secretarial skills when the factory closed down. Many years later I worked for a security company where I met my partner and we have two, now adult, children as a result. During the time my children were growing up I gained a degree in English lit in the hope that it would help me to get published. It didn't. With a rather dark childhood, losses and disappointment behind me I can only draw on the emotions born from it all and write my heart out, and my writing is good.view less