Monica CafferkyMonica worked as a journalist for over 20 years before turning her hand to fiction and writing her debut novel THE WINTER'S SLEEP. She has worked for numerous national newspapers and magazines including: The Daily Mirror, The Daily Mail, The Sun, TheGuardian, Grazia, Red and Woman's Own. She is also the co-author of three self help books, published by Piatkus/Little Brown, one of which THE FUTURE IS YOURS is an international best seller. All three books have been translated into several languages including: Japanese, Norwegian, Czech, Portuguese, Bulgarian, Slovak and Estonian. In 1996, Monica won a scholarship from the Reuters Foundation (now Thomson Reuters Foundation) to attend a training course at Green College, Oxford, with Reuters. She was the only British journalist selected for this award, which was open to all media worldwide. The previous year she won a BBC News & Current Affairs sponsored award from the Radio Academy. She lives in Yorkshire. Read More Read Less