About the Author

Catherine Balavage Yardley

I have been writing since I was in single figures. . I live in London with my husband and children. I write under Catherine Balavage and Catherine Yardley. I am also a freelance journalist. I love reading, eating food and cats.

I am also the editor-in-chief of Frost Magazine which I started and run. As a freelance writer I have written for the Times and The Sunday Times, The Telegraph, Stylist, The Bookseller, Writer’s and Artist’s Yearbook, Metro UK, Huffpost and Writing Magazine. I have also featured in The Guardian, Newsweek and Glamour.

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