I was born in Carmarthen, Wales to Welsh-speaking parents who spoke to each other in Welsh but to me in English. My understanding of Welsh is good but my spoken Welsh is very poor! I have had a fascination for Welsh history and particularly for the Middle Ages. As I young girl, long before Google, I would spend hours in libraries trying to find out about that time which has been little written about. After training as a teacher I worked for a while in Weston-Super-Mare before leaving to teach policemen in Papua New Guinea. My husband and I then moved to Australia where we brought up our family and as well as writing histories, I taught. We moved back to Papua New Guinea when the children were small on my return to Australia I set up my own business. For twenty years I read only business books but dreamed of writing a novel about Wales in the Middle Ages. Now I have written 'The Welsh Traitor's Daughter' which explores a fascinating time and characters who have been little written about.
