Anne Doughty was born in Armagh but spent many years in England before returning to live in Belfast. She is the author of A Few Late Roses (longlisted for the Irish Times literature prize), Stranger in the Place and Summer of the Hawthorn and, for Severn House, On a Clear Day, Beyond the Green Hills, The Woman from Kerry, The Hamiltons of Ballydown, The Hawthorns Bloom in May and A Girl Called Rosie.