Being a mum has inspired Sue's stories. Her first book, HIC! was based on reading bedtime stories to her daughter and her toy cow. The Quiet Woman and the Noisy Dog was written for her sisters and their noisy dogs. Her own noisy dog was the model for the puppet dog that accompanies her on school visits and other author events.

Watch Sue read The Quiet Woman and the Noisy Dog by clicking here.

Born in Essex, Jane Eagland taught English in secondary schools for many years. After doing an MA in creative writing, she now divides her time between writing and tutoring. Wildthorn is her first novel, inpsired by true stories of women who were incarcerated in asylums in the nineteenth century. Jane lives in Lancashire, in a house with a view of the fells.