Melissa Addey spent fifteen years in business, developing new products and mentoring over 500 entrepreneurs. In 2015 she became a fulltime self-published author and has a PhD in Creative Writing. She has been the Leverhulme Trust Writer in Residence at the British Library and written and published twenty books, including fifteen historical fiction novels, non-fiction and a picture book for children. Read more about her at www.melissaaddey.com