Kate Mascarenhas is a part-Irish, part-Seychellois midlander. Since 2017, Kate has been a chartered psychologist. Before that she worked as a copywriter, a dolls' house maker, and a bookbinder. She lives in the Midlands with her husband in a small terraced house which she is slowly filling with Sindy dolls. She is the author of three novels, The Psychology of Time Travel, The Thief on the Winged Horse and Hokey Pokey.