Deborah J Barker is the author of, 'The Ghost Girl at Angel Cottage, previously published as Once Upon a Christmas Eve. Now professionally edited and updated, it is available to download as an ebook or to order as a paperback on Amazon. (Remember, a book is not just for Christmas). Publishing successes include a host of short stories written for women's magazines, a regular column written in the guise of her Lurcher, Jess, for an American Cat lovers' magazine and a humorous monthly column, 'Letters From Britain', written for America Online, in the late nineties, the latter column having morphed into her current blog, Living Between the lines - a wry look at life.Other claims to fame include being credited alongside Catherine Cookson and a tenuous link with Charles Dickens - her 3rd Great Grandfather used to have tea with Mr Dickens, in London. Well, so says family legend.Whilst writing for America Online, the opportunity arose for Deborah to travel to California to meet an online, writer friend. Thus, in 1997, she left her husband and five children behind and travelled 5,000 miles to San Francisco where the strangest three weeks of her life began.After 24 years as a Director at Glow, a Design and Creative Studio, she has taken a back seat to concentrate on the written word. Now a grandmother to six and founder and shareholder of Glow, she plans to continue her writing career with gusto."I write, therefore I am," is her motto (Apologies to Descartes).