Vanessa Curtis originally trained as a pianist before becoming a freelance journalist and contributing articles to a range of magazines and newspapers. She is the author of two biographies on Virginia Woolf: 'Virginia Woolf's Women' and 'The Hidden Houses of Virginia Woolf and Vanessa Bell' as well as a reviewer of fiction and nonfiction for broadsheet newspapers. She is the co-editor of the Virginia Woolf Bulletin, a literary magazine, and also works as a freelance literary consultant. She is the author of 'The Haunting of Tabitha Grey', 'Zelah Green: Who Says I'm a Freak?', 'Zelah Green: One More Little Problem', 'Lilah May's Manic Days' and 'The Taming of Lilah May'.