Paula Rooney

Paula Rooney was born in 1965 in Harlow, Essex, then spent several years in Ipswich, Suffolk before settling in St

Austell Cornwall in 2001 to raise her family. Journaling holidays started with the first family holiday to Cornwall when she was ten, followed by a trip to Scotland and another trip to Cornwall. When she was thirteen, her dad left the family for good, taking the car with him.

Then aged sixteen, her mum took them on a holiday to a caravan park at Burnham on Sea. Paula, her sister, her

brother and her brother's friend, all went by bus, as her mother didn't drive. It was a big adventure and lots of fun.

This might have ignited her passion for travel and instilled a sense of adventure. If you don't have a car, you get a bus. If you don't know where you are, look at a map.

This is Paula's first published book and she has plans for a second travel book.