Pseudonym of Frances Hegarty. She was born and brought up in Derbyshire. After reading English at Newcastle University, she did various jobs. She followed a law course and eventually finished it. She started to work for the Metropolitan Police and the Crime Prosecution Service. Later, she moved to the Crown Prosecution Service. Her first attempt at writing was a family saga, but she realised that it didn't work, so she started to write about what she knew. She is the creator of 'Helen West', Crown Prosecutor in London, and of 'Sarah Fortune', a lawyer. She also wrote a few novels under her own name. Visit also her official site.
