Irene Thompson is a journalist and teacher of English as a foreign language. Her nomadic genes and passion for meeting and writing about people have happily combined in a varied career during which she has written for newspapers and magazines in many countries. Among the roles she's performed were environment columnist for Press Association, US-based education writer for the Daily ... Read moreMail, deputy editor of an American magazine's London bureau, editor of the Coalport Collector Magazine and co-founder and editor with journalist husband, John, of a newspaper for British tourists in South Florida. Never happier than when she's wrestling with a good sentence (or a challenging crossword) writing this book was a labour of love. Show Less