British by birth, Janna Gray grew up in Ceylon (the island now known as Sri Lanka) and was educated in Kodaikanal, South India and Derbyshire, England. She trained to be a teacher in London where she met and married her husband Simon. His job took them to Singapore, Hong Kong and Thailand where she raised two sons, worked at British and International schools and wrote articles for newspapers and magazines. Currently living in the UAE, Janna was the Senior Mistress (a title which cause huge merriment among her colleagues) and Head of Pastoral Care at Repton School until 2011 when she traded her...