DONNA ASHCROFT

I wrote my first book when I was twelve with my best friend. I found it the other day and it was AWFUL. But I realised early on that I loved writing and used to pen stories in my bedroom. So I suppose the writing was on the wall then... I studied English and Linguistics at university (tried my hand at horror stories while I was there and became obsessed with Stephen King's brilliant books). Then I did a course in copywriting which helped to feed my creativity in a very different way. I eventually ended up in publishing where I worked for 15 years before becoming a freelance copywriter. During this period I stopped writing my novels altogether... I was awarded the Katie Fforde Bursary in 2017, along with my fellow author Erin Green. After this I met Natasha Harding from Bookouture who offered to mentor me through the WoMentoring Project - and this lead to my first publishing contract. I'm working on my tenth book now.

Primary location: Amersham United Kingdom