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. And everything changed.

Becoming a grandmother gave me a completely new way of seeing the world. It's a love unlike anything I'd known before — wholehearted, uncomplicated, full of wonder. They are the light of my life. And somehow, through them, I found a part of myself I hadn't known was waiting.

What started as a way to encourage Rosa to eat her dinner became something I had always longed for — a release for the stories and the writer that had been inside me all along. Writing brings me more joy than almost anything else I've done. There's something about finally finding your creative voice later in life that feels like a gift. Like a door that was always yours, finally opening.

At the same time I began training as a counsellor — and the two journeys, though completely different, 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. Writing the Grandma Stories series isn't just about books — it's about 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.