Aly Monroe is the creator of the Peter Cotton books.In the Spotlight
This Month: Aly Monroe
Aly Monroe was born and educated in England. She has spent a large part of her life abroad - mostly in Spain, where she worked as a teacher, translator and voice-over, and ran Shakespeare workshops for teachers and actors. She is married and has three children.
On writing:
It's something that has evolved naturally as I've got older. I've always been a collector of voices: a phrase, a particular tone, sometimes complete with a facial expression - little snippets of memory that have stayed with me.
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