About Me
First, a bit about myself. ..
Working Life
I have always led a busy and varied life, training as a nurse, midwife and health visitor in the early 60s and working for the next 40+ years in the NHS and academia.
An early fascination with the complexities of human behaviour, fuelled by my time working in psychiatric hospitals, led to a subsequent qualification as a psychologist. It is an interest that has never left me and has underpinned several of the short stories I have written as well as Cari Moses, my first full length novel.
Family Life
I have three sons whose formative years were spent on a farm in rural Cambridgeshire, managed by my late husband. Being a farmer’s wife whilst studying and working full time in the health service left little time for writing but it was an ambition which I continued to harbour.
My sons are all married now with families of their own and I enjoy any time I get to spend with them, my daughters in law and my five grandchildren.
Hobbies and Interests
I have been a Samaritan volunteer for many years, the last 25 in my local branch here in West Norfolk. My leisure time is fully occupied working in my (rather too large) garden exercising our latest rescue dog and cruising the inland waterways with my husband aboard our narrow boat Cloud Nine.
Previous Writing
Writing as Judith Tyler, I have published a series of articles in the Nursing Times, contributed several chapters to a book of Anatomy and Physiology and produced a joint publication with colleagues from the University of East Anglia conducted on behalf of the English National Board for Nursing and Midwifery, in addition to numerous pieces of research on behalf of local authority Social Services, charitable institutions and Medical Royal Colleges.
MY PUBLISHED WORK
Synopsis
When the multiply disappointed Karen discovers her Cari Moses she sets about making her the epicentre of her life, unaware of the trail of devastation her action leaves in its wake. Careers are made and broken, family life regained and ripped asunder, while the evil that has been set in motion proliferates before the final terrifying crescendo.
This is a psychological thriller in which the personal grief and deception of one young woman is inextricably linked to the activities of a serial killer who harbours a fascination with pregnancy. Set among the rambling inland waterways and the heaving anonymity of cities, the drama unfolds through the drama of hospital life from midwifery to ICU, a nationwide police alert and the tenuous nature of relationships, as it charts the inexorable progress of the protagonists towards discovery and retribution.
It is a story of beginnings and endings, of ruthless ambition and professional shortcomings, where the dubious skill of the amateur is pitched against the inconsistent efficiency of professionals and where the harsh reality of rural poverty and life on the streets is set alongside the power and corruption of the wealthy. The players inhabit a dark world of contrasts where the hopes and aspirations of youth become enmeshed in despair and depravity and the evil working through the generations encounters moments of rare courage and the possibility of redemption.
Above all, it is a story of human frailty and the ordinary, often extraordinary people we are.
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