Sheila Claydon began her first novel at age seven. She had several publishing successes when her children were small, until a career in education and health intervened. Now she has left this behind and, with her family grown, is back doing what she’s always wanted to do: write. When she’s not writing, she’s reading, traveling, entertaining friends and family, attending yoga and Pilates classes, or gardening. She lives with her husband and their neurotic dog on the northwest coast of England.