J. E. Christer

Jeannette Christer was born in 1951 in Barton upon Humber, Lincolnshire. She spent her first seven years in the town attending the Church School which features in her novels. Jeannette spent many school holidays back in Barton staying with her cousin and says she will always have fond memories of being a teenager there and attending the local dances and youth club.

She married and had two daughters who are now adults themselves and have blessed her with eight grandchildren in all.

Jeannette worked full time as a legal secretary before the office closed and now has more time to write. Her first book, Spindrift, is based in Cornwall, her late husband's birth county and is still her favourite holiday destination.

The later books are based in Barton upon Humber in the UK and inspired by her mother's tales of life during WWII in a small town.

The next novel, Ellie, will be based in Victorian Barton and will be available by October 2012.

She is a member of YouWriteOn, a website for aspiring authors.

Follow her on Twitter @authorjec