Welcome

As I write in a number of genres and under other names, I thought it was time I had a website. So here it is.

I’ve had something approaching seventy books published by the likes of Boldwood, Penguin, Orion, Virgin, Canelo and Head of Zeus, plus foreign translations. A number have appeared in the top thirty best selling paperbacks also as ebooks.

My historical WW2 books (as LIZZIE LANE) are set mostly in Bristol. My cosy crime Honey Driver series (Jean G Goodhind) is set in Bath. There are others set in the Far East and West Indies as Erica Brown. Far East again as Jean Moran.

I also won a BBC New Writers’ Award and for a time had a weekend column with the Western Daily Press.

I think pink hair marks me out as a creative novelist so am sticking to it.

History & Research

After the War

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Bread was still rationed. Our balance of payments were bad so we couldn’t pay for the wheat to make bread. It wasn’t until after the coronation that things began gradually to improve. Tax was horrendous but there were plenty of jobs hence bringing in workers from all over the empire. …

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Latest News & Events

Bath Festival of Libraries

Posted on 10th February, 2025

I will be at Bath Central Library with books. Prices vary as money received for my books is going to Dorothy House Hospice. Hospices only receive about 40% from the …

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Talk at Yate Library, South Glos.

Posted on 16th March, 2024

I have been invited to give a talk at Yate Library on the 15th of June at 2.30 p.m. Tickets are £5.00 and include cake, tea or coffee. I will …

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A Fond Farewell to the Tobacco Girls

Posted on 3rd July, 2023

The sixth and final book will be published on the 28th of July 2023. The first was published backing 2021. I shall be sad to say goodbye to Maisie, Phyllis …

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