I am the author of more than twenty books of prose and poetry. I live in Spain with my husband, the chess grandmaster James Plaskett, and some feral cats I have adopted. Our son, Alexander lives inland in Murcia. I have written for the Times, Telegraph, independent, Guardian, London Review of Books, Oldie and other publications. My last poetry was Mineral Adventures from Rack Press. My next will be The Samson Crane from Dreich. Most of my older titles are now available for Kindle. My latest prose book is Washing Amethysts in the Bidet from UP Publications. I have a bilingual collection of poems on the mining of the Sierra Minera and a novel to find publishers for. I live in Cartagena where my hobbies include mountain walking, snorkelling and rock collecting.