Pseudonym of Frances McNeil. She was born in Leeds. She worked in the USA as a secretary in Washington DC and New York. She studied at Ruskin College, Oxford and read History and English Literature at York University. She is the creator of:
1. 'Brackerley Prison Mystery' series featuring Nell Lewis, governor of HMP Brackerley in 1960s Yorkshire.
2. 'Kate Shackleton', an amateur sleuth in 1920s Britain.
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