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I started writing during lockdown with the aim of creating some imaginary friends to talk to, who could get out and about a bit more than I could.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I thoroughly enjoyed my time at university, so much so, I stayed on to do a doctorate in Chemistry. On graduating, so as not to leave the academic bubble for a while longer, I discovered the dark side of a research\u2026 research administration (as interesting as research but with a lot more cake). I worked at a number of seats of higher education helping academics to apply for research funding.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

With Murder in Her First Degree<\/em>, the first book in the Red Brick Mystery<\/em> series I combine my love of all things academic with another of my passions – murder mystery novels from the golden age of crime writing. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

I currently live in the West Midlands with my husband and two small children. When I am not writing, watching children\u2019s television or visiting parks, I enjoy walks in the countryside, reading, flower-arranging and crocheting.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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