Juliet Greenwood

I'm the author of 'We That are Left', set in Cornwall, Anglesey and France during the First World War. It was finished with a Literature Wales Writer's Bursary in 2013 and published by Honno Press in February 2014. 'We That are Left' is the Welsh Books Council's Book of the Month for March, and the Welsh Book of the Month for Waterstones Wales and the National Museums of Wales. My first book for Honno Press 'Eden's Garden' was Welsh Book of the Month in 2012, a Kindle bestseller in 2012 and 2013 and is currently a finalist in 'The People's Book Prize'. I live in a traditional Welsh cottage halfway between the romantic Isle of Anglesey and the beautiful mountains and ruined castles of Snowdonia. After studying English at Lancaster University and King’s College, London, I worked in a variety of jobs, from running a craft stall at Covent Garden Market to teaching English.I began writing seriously after a severe viral illness left me with debilitating ME/Chronic Fatigue Syndrome for years. On one hand, ME sent me from being able to walk up mountains with ease to struggling to do the simplest of everyday tasks for more than a few minutes at a time. But on the other, it forced me to re-evaluate my life and my priorities - and it made me a writer. I'm now back to full health and my passions of dog walking and working on my garden halfway up a Welsh hillside - not to mention coming to grips with being the proud owner of a polytunnel, complete with a cutting from the vine at Hampton Court Palace. (Always aim high - so far it's surviving, but no grapes!)I also write stories and serials for magazines as 'Heather Pardoe'.