Anne Ousby lives on the Northumbrian Coast in England. Her stories have been published in anthologies and broadcast on BBC radio 4. Her stage plays have been performed widely in the area, and a television drama, 'Wait till the Summer Comes', went out on ITV Her first novel, 'Patterson's Curse' was published in 2010 by Roomtowrite www.roomtowrite.co.uk Her second novel 'The Leopard Man, ' was published in 2012.