Rachel left school at sixteen but she later took A-levels and did a BA in visual art, specialising in photography, at the University of Wales.

She’s had a variety of jobs, as a secretary, information assistant, photographer and P.A., but making hand-made cards led to Rachel becoming a writer and illustrator for children. She had always wanted to do this – as a child she used to write and illustrate her own poems and stories and remembers her primary school teachers saying they looked forward to seeing her work in print!

Rachel lives in south east London with her husband, two sons and one cat and drives a very old VW Beetle, with attached moss and spiders. Piccadilly Press has published her picture book, Rosie’s Holiday.