Anthea’s novel FIRE-FLY, (Minerva Press 1995) was voted novel of the week by The Evening Standard. A complex book, it was greeted with critical acclaim. A.N Wilson opened his rave review with the words: ‘On the church notice board opposite the Evening Standard offices there is written the legend: “The streets of London are filled with mysteries and you are one.” The author of this remarkable fiction would no doubt agree.’

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SLEEPING WITH MOZART (Virago (2010) was also praised, described by the Daily Mail as ‘an eccentric love story for grown-ups’.

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Anthea has written widely on spirituality, her books ‘Inner Beauty’ and ‘Inner Space’ being translated into ten languages. She also writes non-fiction, critical essays.

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She has been Head of English at Kent College, Pembury for eighteen years where she busts a gut trying to teach her students to master the elusive art of writing a fine sentence.