Please give a warm welcome to Juliet Greenwood, author of We That Are Left & Eden’s Garden.

Tell us a bit about yourself and what you’re currently working on or promoting.
I live in a traditional cottage in North Wales, between the Island of Anglesey and the mountains of Snowdonia. I have always had my nose in a book and always wanted to be a writer since I was a little girl, but I only took the plunge after a severe viral illness left me with debilitating ME for years. It didn’t half focus the attention on what I wanted to really do in life, and fear of failure was the only thing holding me back. I’m now well and back to walking my dog and working in my garden halfway up a Welsh hillside, where (with the help of a polytunnel) I’m growing as much as I can. I love baking and making jams and chutneys and sloe gin for Christmas. I’ve even been known to make butter in a blender. It’s delicious! I’m now using this to learn all about the dishes cooked during the 1914-18 war, which is when my current book is set. Continue reading →