Kathleen was born in West Yorkshire but brought up in The Lake District. She wrote for the school magazine and enjoyed making up stories for local children and the children she cared for when she worked as an au pair in Brussels.Having worked in the NHS in North Yorkshire for twenty-six years, where writing board papers and clinical reports were her daily routine, she promised herself that when she retired she would return to writing and storytelling for her own pleasure. She joined the local U3A Family History group and researched her mother's family back through many generations.Her first book of poetry, Ripples Beyond the Pool, was published in 2019 and she is working on another volume for 2023. Her poems are included in a wide range of anthologies.Kathleen still lives in North Yorkshire, and when she is not writing, she enjoys gardening, fell walking, cooking and once a week, she and her husband can be found at a class practicing Rhumba, Tango, Quickstep and Rock and Roll for fun and exercise.