Wendy Robertson grew up in the North of England, one of four children whose widowed mother, an ex-nurse, worked in a factory. Wendy worked as a teacher, then a lecturer, gaining a Master's degree whilst also at various times writing short stories, articles, a weekly column in the Northern Echo and novels for young adults published nationally. A full-time writer since 1989, she has also run a writing group and workshops for new writers, and was recently Writer In Residence at Long Newton Prison.