FROM LIVERPOOL TO GALWAY Grace Jolliffe was born in Liverpool but left as a teenager and now lives on Ireland's Wild Atlantic Way. She shares her life with her husband, two dogs, ten hens, and two lucky ducks. Grace spends most of her time making up stories, and after spending many years in admin jobs she is happy to admit she finds the fictional world preferable to the office world. Grace used to write regularly for a children's radio show until the program was axed and the writing team was replaced with a talking dog. This galvanised her into finding a new outlet for her work,