BEGINNER’S PLUCK: Carole Gurnett

As a child, Carole wrote long diary entries and letters to anyone who would reply, and as a teenager she wrote short stories. Some were published, and others shortlisted in competitions. 

In the late 1990s, she wrote serials for women’s weekly magazine, and then the idea came for the novel.

Meanwhile, Carole worked for various companies, including Atari, and the credit union, but she gave up work when she had children.