I live in Jersey with one exhausted husband and two lively teenagers - although they increase in numbers during the holidays when some of my step-sons come to stay. By far the bossiest member of the family is my Miniature Schnauzer.

I've been published in the You're Not The Only One Anthology, which raised money for the charity War Child (for more details, please see my blog), Woman's Own, My Weekly magazine, Bookersatz, and The Times (in Kate Muir's column, although to be honest, it was as a finalist in the Shed of the Year 2009 Competition, so maybe that's more to do with my shed than me).