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Looking back, I can't really remember a time when I didn't love writing. At school I always enjoyed English far more than any other lesson, especially writing essays.

I continued to write poetry and short stories when I left school, purely for pleasure, many of which have been published. I then got married, had a family and became a full time foster carer. Once the children were at school I went back to college to do a teacher training course, and then went on to work for our local Social Services department as a Placement Support Worker, Trainer and an NVQ Level 3 Assessor.

Some time ago, I came across some newspaper cuttings about an ancestor of mine who was a well-known pugilist in my hometown of Nuneaton in the early nineteenth century. This inspired me to write my first novel, and from then on I was hooked! I have now resigned from my other jobs to concentrate on my writing, although I remain a full time foster carer for a beautiful life-limited little boy who came to live with my husband and I some years ago.

I am a member of the RNA and two of my books were put forward for second readings. I then went on to be runner up in 2004 of the New Writers Award. l enjoy writing regional sagas, which led to me writing The Bad Apple and securing an agent, Philip Patterson of the Marjacq agency.

I was delighted when Philip secured a two-book contract with Headline less than a month after I joined his agency. I was launched in the tradition of Josephine Cox and my first book, The Bad Apple was published in June 2004 followed by the paperback version in May 2005. My second novel, No One's Girl was released in hardback in June 2005.

Following the warm praise and the success of the first two books, I was then delighted when Headline asked me if I would consider doing two books a year. My third hardback, Dancing Till Midnight was released in early June 2006 followed by Moonlight and Ashes in early December.

The books are also available in large print, and audio, and there has now also been a lot of interest from abroad in them. All in all it's been a pretty busy time, but I've loved every minute of it, especially when people who have read the books approach me to say how much they've enjoyed reading them. I have now joined the Sheilland Agency and am looking forward to Tilly Trotter's Legacy, which is a sequel to Catherine Cookson's Tilly Trotter Tilogy being released in February 07.

Thanks to all of you who have taken the trouble to get in touch.

For more infomation about my books please feel free to contact me.

Very best wishes
Rosie Goodwin

Agent - Sonia Land, Sheil Land Associates, London.
Publicist – Helena Towers, Headline Book Publishing, London.