Originally from Australia, Phoebe now lives in West Yorkshire with her husband Ewen and two of her five children. She has always loved the written word - but couldn't tell you who her favourite author is. She doesn't have just one! She reads anything from cereal packets through historical romances to Sci-Fi / Fantasy, and pretty much anything in between. She discovered Tolkien in her early twenties and more recently has read JK Rowling's Harry Potter series (a couple of times) and Stephenie Meyer's Twilight series. She even went through a crime stage, reading Nora Roberts and Patricia Cornwell, as well as a horse-racing phase with Dick Francis. Basically, if it had words, she'd read it! Her earliest childhood memories of writing include a ghost story she wrote in Year 4 and a humorous story involving her head teacher's fear of thunderstorms in Year 6. Sadly she no longer has copies of these and would have loved to revisit them to see how her style has developed over the years. She is working on a couple of novels, but has yet to finish them. In the meantime she offers this collection of short stories, poetry and essays.