About Libby

I've always had stories in my head, for most of my life I didn't know what to do with them. I'm a grandma from Surrey, and for years my life was full in other ways, running a family business, raising a family, getting on with it. The stories stayed quietly in the background, waiting.

Then came the grandchildren. Becoming a grandmother gave me a completely new way of seeing the world, wholehearted, uncomplicated, full of wonder. What started as a way to encourage Rosa to eat her lunch became something I had always longed for, a release for the writer that had been inside me all along.

At the same time I began training as a counsellor, and the two journeys fed each other in ways I couldn't have predicted. The inner work created stillness, and in that stillness, the stories finally had room to grow.

I'm now on a creative path that feels entirely mine, following the part of myself that was always there, finally given the space to breathe. There are four grandchildren, more stories brewing, and a lot more Grandma Stories still to come.

I believe stories are one of the most powerful ways we connect with children. They open up conversations, build empathy and create memories that last a lifetime. Every book I write is written with that in mind.