This much I know: Denise Deegan

I always wanted to be a nurse. While I was nursing, if you’d told me I’d end up writing novels, I’d have taken your temperature.

My earliest memory is of a colourful neighbour chasing his (supposed to be parked) car down our sloped driveway, shouting, ‘Mrs Deegan, my car.’

Writing my first book was a lifestyle choice that only came about after endless discussions with my husband. I quit my PR business to be at home with our children and write. I have always treated writing as my career. I work very hard at it, maybe too hard.