Pengarang: Hazel Richardson

The author lives in South Yorkshire. The second of four children, she learned early that selfishness would not be tolerated. It is a good principle to live by. She has strong political opinions but thinks that everyone has a right to their own beliefs. As a child, she loved to read and lose herself in other writers’ worlds. Soon she was writing her own short stories and some poetry. This was not encouraged by a mother who believed that a daughter should principally learn to clean, cook, and sew. She still enjoys poetry and loves historical novels. There have always been animals in her life. Most were dogs, but there have also been a couple of cats, lots of birds, and tropical fish. Her daughter brought home animals she found but was not pleased when made to let them go back to nature. She worked as a stock controller for some years and then as a buyer and finally as an administrator. She enjoyed working and interacting with her colleagues. She was coerced by her daughter to help while she was training to be a driving instructor, an experience she does not recommend to anybody.