My blogs

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Gender	Female
Industry	Communications or Media
Occupation	Author
Location	Berkshire, United Kingdom
Introduction	Author for adults and children, I've also done literary journalism and adult education teaching (creative writing) But I also have quite a large garden and grow vegetables and fruit. In the summer, this is like another job..
Interests	Gardening, walking, the dog, my grandson, taijiquan, qigong,photography and going to Berlin
Favorite movies	Closely Observed Trains, The Shawshank Redemption, Shakespeare in Love, Goodbye Lenin, Ferris Bueller's Day Off, High Noon, M eine Stadt sucht einen Moerder, Faust,all Jackie Chan films
Favorite music	The Night on the Bare Mountain, Charlie Parker, Django Reinhardt, Louis Armstrong, Beatles, Daniel Hope playing Mendelssohn, The Threepenny Opera
Favorite books	Wolf Hall, all Moomin books, everything else by Hilary Mantel, The Mouse and his Child, Pride and Prejudice, Emma, Jane Eyre, Graham Greene's books, Thomas Mann's Buddenbrooks, Fallada's Alone in Berlin, Fallada's Little Man what now?, Klaus Mann's Mephisto, War and Peace, Dead Souls, The Pursuit of Love, Love in a Cold Climate, The Blessing, The Grand Sophy, Loving Mephistopheles