Phyllida Shrimpton is an author who lives in Essex with her husband, her daughter, rescue cat, little, old terrier cross, and a very large Saint Bernard called Ted. 

She achieved a Post Graduate Degree in Human Resource Management, but soon jumped ships to work with teenagers, including students with Asperger's syndrome on an Essex based agricultural college farm. After moving to live temporarily in the Netherlands and, later, the Cotswolds, she returned with her family to live on the Essex coast.

Her interests are; anything to do with the water such as paddle boarding and swimming, producing fine detailed black and white ink artwork and, of course, writing books.

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