I've lived in the midlands of Ireland all my life but I do love to travel whenever I can.
I have three children in their early twenties, though I still think of them as teenagers.
I am a widow since 2009 when my husband died following a short battle with cancer. He was 49 years old.
I love my own company, which sounds a bit weird, but it gives me headspace.
Even when I worked in the Public Service, I was always writing bits and pieces. I wrote a novel about 25 years ago you know the one that will never see the light of day! After Aidan died, I found solace in art and writing, and despite plenty of self-doubt I wrote The Missing Ones.
I'm learning all the time and value the writing courses I undertook in The Irish Writer s Centre, for all they have taught me.
The first agent I sent The Missing Ones to, Ger Nichol of The Book Bureau, took me on and I'm over the moon that Bookouture is publishing my books.
If you had to give an elevator pitch for The Stolen Girls, what would it be?
Vengence, war, loss and displacement a combination for murder?
The body of an unidentified female is found beneath the streets of Ragmullin and a local girl is reported missing.
DI Lottie Parker, haunted by her tragic past, is struggling to keep her family safe.
As she steps from one murder scene to another she must fight her own demons and catch the killer before he claims another victim.
Describe Lottie Parker in three words.
Troubled, feisty, committed.
