Kristen Bailey

I like meeting writing kindred spirits and Christina falls under that category - we're both from the Surrey/North Hampshire area, published by small independents and are juggling writing with little kiddies. I would say Christina is far more accomplished at doing it than I....not only is she a novelist but also a prolific blogger and book reviewer. A pleasure to meet her at my book launch last month and have her here today... Thank you, Kristen, for having me on your blog. I

I'm not sure I can write about Shirley without getting a bit emosh. I first met her back in 2002. We were both field researchers who had been paired together in a project run by Southampton University. It meant we cultivated a friendship sat in my rusty Micra usually in traffic on the North Circular/M25/both usually chatting about anything and everything, and warding off rogue car window washers. We both loved reading, Buffy the Vampire Slayer and have been firm friends e