About Author

Born in England, in the year Adolf Hitler came to power. Six years later she moved to Kenya, and has lived in Africa ever since. She has always enjoyed messing about with words, but her writing experience until recently did not include fiction. Business writing: theatre criticism; a dash of verse; essays; even a one-act play, were all grist to her mill. It was only in retirement that Andie started dabbling in writing short stories, never dreaming that she could write anything longer. Until … One day, she read of a challenge to write a book of at least 50,000 words during the month of November. Never one to resist a challenge, she down at her computer on the first of November, and started writing. There she stayed, pausing only to eat and sleep. Twenty-three days and 52 000 words later, she had the first draft of her first book in her hand. A novelist was born. She had discovered her métier in romance. Two years later, after editing, reworking, editing, revising and editing some more, she published her first romance, “Bitter-Sweet Harvest”. She was 87 year old. Twice married but now widowed for a second time, Andie lives in George, South Africa. When not writing, she pursues her interests in music, travel, wine, and photography. Now a member of the Romance Writers Organisation of South Africa, she spends her days happily weaving plots and creating characters, warbling snatches of opera as she writes. An octogenarian writing steamy romances? She admits to being bit out of practice, but claims that a vivid imagination and an excellent memory serve her well. And write a good story she does. Her creativity is fueled by a lifetime of varied experiences to draw on, an enduring love of the English language, and a sense of mischief (attested by her motto: “Growing old disgracefully”).