Jane Dismore started writing features for well-known women's magazines while she was teaching English Literature to A-level in secondary schools. A complete change of lifestyle saw her running private yachts in the Mediterranean for four years, which led to her writing travel articles - often undertaken between negotiating protection money with local mafia chiefs and trying to avoid floating mines ... Read moreoff the coast of Albania. While teaching Spanish students and the British Army in Gibraltar, Jane had a regular radio slot, presenting her features on the British Forces Broadcasting Service. Inspired by a barrister friend she decided to become a solicitor, and after returning to England, remarrying and wondering if she had gone quite mad, she re-qualified. Jane now practises as an employment law specialist in a Hertfordshire law firm, of which she is a Director, and for three years was the 'legal eagle' on a local radio station. She writes whenever she can and has continued to have articles published, including in The Times. Happiest when digging something up, whether from under the ground or from old documents, she is particularly interested in biography. The Voice from the Garden is her first book. Show Less