Deborah Huttton was a journalist for 25 years, writing for most of the country's major glossy magazines and newspapers - from Vogue, Elle, Marie Claire and the Mail on Sunday's You magazine to The Observer, The Guardian and The Sunday Times. This was her sixth book. She lived in north London with her husband, photographer and director, Charlie Stebbings, and their four children, Archie, Romilly, Clemmie and Freddie.