Started out as a botanist, though one always reading way off-topic. After various university degrees (have a doctorate in botany), started writing about gardens - of which I've had several, always centred around interesting old houses. I've had columns in various UK national papers, including the Sunday Times. I still write occasionally for that and for the Guardian.
After twelve books and a thousand articles, I felt like a change.
Then, on a hot night in Morocco, my Narrator arrived. She turned out to be interested in a lot of the research I'd more...
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