About the Author

Signing copies of A Dangerous Game of Football.

About the Author

I began writing to while away the time whilst my daughter was in the swimming pool. She used to be a competitive swimmer and, at first, training took up three nights a week, then four and then five. I spent a lot of hours at that pool. Later I became a qualified teacher of swimming and stopped writing in favour of teaching children to swim, which I still love doing.

Since the launch of my children’s book, Scruffy, 1997, I have been working as a Visiting Author, with primary and secondary schools in Somerset and Wiltshire. Working with years 5 and 6, I talk about the writing life and how to create and write better stories. For autumn 2010, my programme will include: Writing in the First Person and Creating Memorable Characters, both talks are designed for years 7 – 9.

The Artist - Aimee Hibberd

 

I met Aimee Hibberd in a field in 2007. We were both supporting – All Creatures Great and Small – an Animal Home in Cwmbran. Aimee had designed some t-shirts for the event and if I remember correctly they had pink pigs on them!

Aimee gained her BA Hons in Animation from Newport University in 2008 and is currently working for Hubbub Media in Cardiff Bay, involved in website production and animated motion graphics. She also runs Newport’s Circus Skills Workshop, teaching circus skills.

– and I’m delighted she agreed to design the cover for my book.

 

www.an-aim-ation.co.uk

 

 

 

Biography

Launching Scruffy at Bristol Dogs Home 2007.

In 1967, considering herself to be destined for a life of mediocrity, Barbara Spencer hi-tailed it to the West Indies to watch cricket, the precursor to a highly colourful career spanning three continents, in which she was caught up in riots, wars and choosing Miss World. She eventually settled in Somerset, to bring up a family, tap-dance and teach at the local swimming club. But, as her daughter says: teaching swimming and tap dancing does rather lack the wow factor, Mum. Now a hands-on grandmother, her current desire is to disappear in a puff of smoke and find peace and quiet to pursue her writing.