Gillian Jones was born and grew up in the Home Counties of England. As a teacher of English she travelled in Europe, South America and the Middle East before returning to her roots in Kent. Nurtured in the Garden of England she combines a love of the environment and the excitement of travel with a fascination for weaving compelling stories. 'Blade of Light' is the first of a 'Water Trilogy' of which 'The FARIS Affair' is number two, with the third in the series still to come. In contrast her award-winning 'A Misted Mirror' explores the puzzles in the life and poetry of her late husband in a genre which intertwines fiction and memory, quite different from the suspenseful stories of the 'Water Trilogy'.