Janet Gogerty

I have been writing frantically for 18 years. I am inspired by anything and everything and enjoy writing about ordinary people; but often they find themselves experiencing strange events! I enjoy writing fiction of any length and have had short stories published in anthologies. I have published five collections of short stories and write regularly for our writers' group.

When I was encouraged to tackle a novel it was suggested I use my short story 'Brief Encounters of the Third Kind' as the heroine's fate was literally left in the air at the end of the story. The novel became a trilogy with Three Ages of Man and finally Lives of Anna Alsop.

Quarter Acre Block was inspired by my family's emigration to Australia.

In my most recent novel, At The Seaside Nobody Hears You Scream, Toby Channing's girlfriend has disappeared without trace. He was the last person to see her and the chief suspect... He travels England searching for her and becomes a private investigator to try and understand why so many people go missing.

I have done a variety of jobs and have lots of interests including people watching, so I am never short of new ideas to write about.