<p>Allie Cresswell was born in Stockport, UK and began writing fiction as soon as she could hold a pencil.</p><p>She did a BA in English Literature at Birmingham University and an MA at Queen Mary College, London.</p><p>She has been a print-buyer, a pub landlady, a book-keeper, run a B & B and a group of boutique holiday cottages. Nowadays Allie writes full time having retired from teaching literature to lifelong learners.</p><p>She has two grown-up children, is married to Tim and lives in Cumbria.</p>
