Violetta Antcliff has been a member of the Nottingham Writers' Club for the best part of twenty years. A winner of numerous short story competitions, her work was area short listed in Waterstone's Wow Factor story competition. Took first prize in Nottingham County Council short story competition with a story called "Irish Mouse Tales," which was published by Gypsy Shadow Publishing as an eBook in July of 2012. "Crossbreed versus Pedigree" is Violetta's 34th eBook with Gypsy Shadow since 2009 and follows "The Tangled Web," "A Silent Scream" and the latest installment in the Jason Foster Series, "Jason's Teen Years." She has had her poetry and short stories read on local radio.