Rosemary Furber started her writing career as a freelance journalist working for London's Evening Standard, the Independent on Sunday, the Sunday Tribune and various magazines. She was also a member of the founding team of The Week. A former City solicitor, she combined bringing up her three children with commissioning legal textbooks for Butterworths and journalism. She now writes full time and is a prison visitor. She was born in Belfast and lives with her family in south London.