Joy M Mawby

Joy M Mawby grew up in Surrey, became a teacher and later a headteacher.

Throughout her career, she encouraged children in their writing endeavours and in the performing arts.

She wrote and produced numerous plays for her students.

On retirement, she moved to Anglesey and had time to give to her own writing. She runs a writing group, has had several of her plays performed locally and her poems and short stories appear in a variety of publications.

She was also instrumental in organising the first writing festival on the island and in producing two anthologies of work by writers who live there.

Joy has written two other books, ‘Broken Warrior’ and ‘The Man in the Nautical Hat’.

She has two children, three very creative grandchildren and a little rescue-dog who helps to keep her fit.