Now back in North Wales after four years in Grand Cayman, in the Caribbean (proof positive that no good deed goes unpunished) Terri Beckett is married with one son, three cats and one grandson. She loves to read - anything, in a pinch. It's an addiction. She loves classic SF, history, travel, and animals. She's been writing for as long as she can remember, but first teamed up with Chris Power in the '70s to write fan-fiction. After some time (and several awards!) they branched out into writing their own brand of cop-stories, and from that, to writing fantasy and historical fiction. Among Terri...