Patricia AylingPatricia Ayling was born in the early 1950s so, in her words, a latecomer; that is, for fiction anyway. Patricia has published four health related textbooks while she was an examiner/verifier for the awarding body Edexcel. After leaving school and woking in libraries, she emigrated to Canada, but returned to study nursing at St. Mary's Hospital in Paddington. Following many years as a neurosurgical nurse, she turned to teaching and writing, then running her own training business. She and husband Len have five children, nine grandchildren and one Labrador. After nine years living part time in Cyprus, they are back in England permanently. Patricia's first novel 'The Curse of Becton Manor' was inspired by her grandmother's haunted house in Wiltshire and her interest in the Elizabethan era, particularly the religious strife and persecution for Catholics and 'witches'. She is currently penning book 2, part of a trilogy. Read More Read Less