Laycock, Helen

'Imagination is a wonderful gift, like a magical sixth sense. I often live inside mine - it can be a very entertaining place to be! It's where magic is woven, secrets are revealed, danger lurks and surprises shock. It's where all sorts of unusual characters dwell, all of them with a story to tell. When I get to know them and their tales well enough, I write it all down and, as the mystery unfolds or the enthralling adventure begins, I am swept along too, laughing, crying and quaking along with my characters, and breathing a great sigh of relief when everything turns out for the best at the end...