Sheila was born in Hull, but unlike her heroine Rach, escaped via Leeds University where she studied German to Stockport, just south of Manchester. Her website is www.bredburybooks.co.uk. She loves football - Manchester City, visiting antique fairs and flea markets - in the UK and abroad, and collects art nouveau and glass(mainly 20th century). She is an avid reader and has always written, but only in recent years had the confidence to publish. Her 'voice' is Northern, female, calamity-prone, funny, a bit sexy.