<p>Louise Byres has written several plays including<em> The Valentine Card,</em> <em>The Counsellor</em>, <em>Painkillers</em>, and <em>Mixed Marriages</em>. <em><pwa data-pwa-category="style" data-pwa-dictionary-word="A Christmas Riddle was written" data-pwa-heavy="false" data-pwa-hint="Passive verbs make your writing less direct. Try to use an active verb instead." data-pwa-id="pwa-12B081194DDE02204EC8CCDAB867121D" data-pwa-rule-id="PASSIVE_VOICE" data-pwa-suggestions="I wrote a Christmas Riddle">A Christmas Riddle</pwa></em><pwa data-pwa-category="style" data-pwa-dictionary-word="A Christmas Riddle was written" data-pwa-heavy="false" data-pwa-hint="Passive verbs make your writing less direct. Try to use an active verb instead." data-pwa-id="pwa-12B081194DDE02204EC8CCDAB867121D" data-pwa-rule-id="PASSIVE_VOICE" data-pwa-suggestions="I wrote a Christmas Riddle"> was written</pwa> in Australia in 1986 and professionally performed the same year at the Bay Street Theatre, Sydney.  Louise now lives in London with her husband. She also writes crime fiction and screenplays under her real name of Louise Burfitt-Dons. She is the founder of children’s charity Act Against Bullying.</p>
