Hi, I'm Niamh, Niamh Shaw, nice to meet you. You have a fabulous smile - great teeth. So, tell me all about yourself. Me? - thought you'd never ask. Well, I am made in Ireland and have never come across a potato I didn't love. I can be unbelievably childish and am fond of swearing. There is little photographic evidence of my existence. Musically I am stuck in an eighties time-warp. In June 2006, I gave up a lucrative career in Telecomms - well, it kept me fed and watered - to write full-time. I completed my first novel, Smart/Casual, in January 2007. It is best described as a supernatural romantic thriller murder mystery without the corpses. Chick-lit, if you prefer.I attracted an agent with relatively little fawning, bribery or pleading. (Well, you know, just the socially acceptable amount.) I crossed my fingers, which rather impeded progress on my second novel. After nine months on the publisher carousel, Little Black Dress Books offered me a two-book publishing deal. Smart/Casual was published in April 2009.My second novel, About Time, was published in April 2010.