It was over 10 years ago, during a marketing exercise to promote a new theatre company whilst studying Performing Arts, that the idea of Stripey Enid came to Natasha. Even back then, Stripey was seen to be different, something to challenge the norm, ask questions of people. The idea of writing a book was never the intention but a natural progression on from the poems Natasha used to create for friends and family for birthdays & special occasions. At the time Natasha was also working with a local Brownie pack and it was this interaction that made her realise that she was an adult in these children's lives that wasn't a parent or a teacher but a friend, a unique friendship that benefitted both parties. Stripey came into being by the pure belief that Natasha had about peer pressure & social demands creating barriers between people, stopping people from seeing others as they truly are