We are Vince and Sandra Peddle - a married couple writing under the penname of S.V. Peddle. We're both keen travellers and have - between us - lived in such far-flung places as the USA, South Africa, Germany, Greece and Turkey - as well as Portsmouth, Manchester, Wellingborough and Watford (where for some years we owned and ran a large second-hand bookshop in the high street).
We first met when living on the island of Crete and have long been fascinated by things Cretan. Sixteen years after we stopped living there, the place still feels like home. The Moon Maiden is a more...