Alison Stuart

Alison always wanted to be a writer.  

As a teenager she scribbled turgid historical novels in shorthand notebooks (which she is embarrassed to say are probably still in existence somewhere in the loft).  As a young adult, writing took second place to university, work and children.  It was only when she dislocated a shoulder in a skiing accident, which left her stranded in a snow bound chalet in the Australian Alps with nothing for company but a notebook computer, did she dare to write the story that had been tugging at her sleeve for so long.