Julia Laflin works in the creative development and marketing of multimedia content for museums, art galleries, sports venues and attractions, plus healthcare apps. She s been in love with books ever since tackling The Little Red Hen at nursery school, so writing them became the way to go. Published non-fiction includes Silver A Practical Guide to Collecting Silverware (Apple Press) and The New Covent Garden Soup Company s Soup & Beyond (Macmillan). The House at Roc Noir is an indie-published novella set in Corsica. Julia lives in London and pines for the seaside. She s on Twitter: @Julia_Laflin