Autor/-in: Jan Stirling Locke

Jan was born in Edinburgh, Scotland, and as a trained registered nurse and teacher of English she worked in the UK and in many countries around the world. As a young woman she travelled alone through Europe into former Iron Curtain countries 'in pursuit of love and adventure'. A child of the '50s, whose father, uncles and aunts had fought and/or played a role in the Allied victory, Jan grew up imbued with the concept that the Germans were the 'baddies' and 'all of them Nazis'. As an adult, during visits to her cottage in Normandy, Jan attended the commemorative ceremonies of the D-day landings with her family, hosted veterans, and became an honorary member of the, now sadly disbanded, Grimsby Veterans Association. A walk along the lanes beside the cottage sparked her consideration for the German soldiers who had also died during World War Two, whose bereaved families would not be permitted to mourn their loss. They too were fighting for their country, albeit one ruled by Hitler. This prompted her to begin working on her first novel Deception.