About

My name is Abigail and I live in Cardiff, Wales with my husband and son. I was born in England (as is my husband), and as my son was born in Wales this makes international days interesting.

I am a Civil Servant by day, writing about waste and recycling. But I would much rather write about imaginary worlds that mirror our reality (which is far more exciting).

 I am being mentored at the Golden Egg Academy (GEA) and am a member of SCBWI Wales and Write magic. 

I also like drawing, sketchwalks and gardening (housework meh)

What is your favourite genre book and why? Mainly speculative and fantasy fiction. I like a bit of ‘what if…?’and escapism that holds a mirror up to our own world. I read a lot of what is considered children's middle-grade and young adult fantasy fiction. But will read pretty much anything.  

Favourite author? Lots. But if I had to choose. Terry Pratchett is up there. His characters, story telling are brilliant. I particularly like his observation of modern life which is a little bit on the nose.  

When did I know I wanted to be a writer? I've always written and drawn pictures. So there have always been stories in my head bumping around. But I probably officially told someone I wanted to be a writer when I was about 20 so over 20 years ago... it's just taken me a while to get the confidence to do something about it...properly...