Gender	Female
Occupation	Imterpreter
Location	Manchester, England, United Kingdom
Introduction	I am the author of the Simon Grant Mystery Series. The first two, HIDING THE ELEPHANT and LOCK UP YOUR DAUGHTERS are available on Amazon Kindle.
Interests	Reading, writing, painting, furniture restoration, socialising, travel, cooking
Favorite movies	They Kill Horses Don't They, A Year of Living Dangerously, Remains of The Day
Favorite music	Madrigals, Mozart, Bach, Vangelis
Favorite books	Johhn Le Carre, Margaret Atwood, Joyce Carey, W.M. Thackeray

For your birthday, your aunt gave you a maple syrup dispenser shaped like a rooster. Please write her a thank-you note:

Dear Auntie, Thank you very much for the lovely present. Someone had just bid £5 for it on e-Bay. Should I take it?