Dee lives in the South of England in a home otherwise filled with males – husband, boys and pets – she writes to escape the testosterone.

She is the 2012 Writer in Residence for Portsmouth Libraries and writes using the name D.J. Kirkby and Dee Kirkby. Dee is the author of Without Alice, My Dream of You, My Mini Midwife and Realand (book 1 of The Portal Series for children).

When not otherwise occupied, Dee can be found chatting to people on Twitter and Facebook, and adding photos on Pintrest.

Dee is a registered midwifery lecturer, teaching midwifery two days per week, and a registered public health practitioner, working three days per week for her local Public Health Department. At the age of 40, she was diagnosed with a form of autism called Asperger syndrome, in addition to dyslexia and dyspraxia (which definitely explains a lot of things including why she can’t read a tube map).

Find out more about DJ Kirkby at http://djkirkby.co.uk.