I was born in Leicestershire, UK, where I now live with my mum and my husband, Mike. I’ve worked in medical illustration and graphic design, but my first love was always writing. My first novel A Blackbird in Silver was published in 1986, to be followed by another seventeen (so far), including A Taste of Blood Wine, Dark Cathedral, The Amber Citadel, and The Court of the Midnight King – a fantasy based on the life of the controversial King Richard III.

Immanion Press have released my earlier novels (with fabulous covers - see above!) as A BLACKBIRD IN SILVER DARKNESS and A BLACKBIRD IN AMBER TWILIGHT. My 1997 novel DRACULA THE UNDEAD will be issued in hardback by Severn House in September 2009. I’m now working on my nineteenth novel, my second book for Tor, MIDSUMMER NIGHT.