I graduated with a BA (Hons) in Applied Social Science and after a gap year travelling around the world I settled in London and worked for Edexcel (BTEC & London Examinations) in corporate marketing and then MIND (the mental health charity) where I organised specialist mental health training. 

After moving back home to Sheffield, I began working for SE Sheffield PCT and latterly NHS Sheffield following the merger of all four Primary Care Trusts.  As Communications Manager I covered all aspects of communicating to patients and staff.  I was the editor and principal writer of the of the internal newsletter with a readership of over 2,000 NHS staff. I managed, developed, and produced the staff intranet, all staff and corporate videos, monthly team briefs, staff awards program, weekly blogs, communication surveys, annual reports and I was the sole press officer for SE Sheffield PCT.

Following the publication of Becoming Me (2014) and Becoming Free (2015), I decided to focus on fiction writing, so I enrolled on a creative writing course which covered all aspects of characterization, narrative structure, plotting and effective dialogue and started writing my first fiction novel called The Seeds of Life, a collection of seven short stories.   I am also a Reiki Master and qualified in Indian head massage, but my greatest passion is writing.

Lisa Hattersley

Visual Designer

I did a foundation course in Art and Design at Doncaster Art College and then went on to develop my photography skills by learning Adobe Photoshop, which allowed me to turn an ordinary shot into a more enhanced visual.  When I moved to Australia, I worked for a wedding photographers and then for a print and design company as Design Editor.  Following this, I edited photos for the acclaimed landscape photographer Christian Fletcher in Mandurah, Western Australia for his galleries and commissions.   My passion is photography and restoring old photos.