Jean was born in 1943 in a less than salubrious part of London. Her playground was the bomb sites. She attended what Ofsted would now call a 'failing' Secondary Modern School before being sent, at the age of 14, to Secretarial College in the somewhat up-market area of Ealing. At 16, she met Robin who was doing his National Service. They were married 18 months later and in 1968, moved to Wokingham and became the proud parents of two daughters. Now, with three grand-children and two grand-dogs, she and Robin still live life to the full. Jean has always loved writing and has previously had her poems and articles published in magazines and newspapers. Following the success of her books, 'Let's Smile Again', 'The Sting in the Tale', 'The Barb in the Rhyme', 'The Thorn in the Verse', and 'The Lyric in the Lines', she has become a regular guest speaker at various social events and has broadcast many of her poems on Radio Berkshire.