Born in Hertfordshire, England, Jill Rowan now lives in the Shropshire countryside but has no children, cats or labradors. Instead, she fosters a houseful of spiders and takes great interest in the wildlife outside her window. She worked in offices, primarily but not exclusively in accounting jobs, for many years but has recently been concentrating on her passion for writing. She has both a BA and a BSc. from the Open University, is a keen photographer and also enjoys natural history, walking, cycling, travel, and endless amounts of reading.Her first novel, The Legacy, a time travel romance, was published in 2011 and her second book, The Dream, was published in early 2013. Angelica Died is her third novel.