Marshall Cavendish Author Profile

Name: Frances Kay

DOB: 26 July 1949

Birthplace: Poole, Dorset, England

First job: Secretary in the Lord Chancellor's Private Office,
House of Lords, London, age 18

Current job: Writer – business books (26 published to date)
Ambition now I'm over 60 is to write torrid fiction
(under a different name) for it to be published.
(I love Mary Wesley's books.)

Home: 10 College Green, Gloucester, GL1 2LX
This is in Gloucester Cathedral Close – an 18th century house
built on the site of the medieval monastic dung heap......

Car: 6 months old Peugeot 207

Favourite book: Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen

Favourite film: Far from the Madding Crowd (starring Julie Christie and Alan Bates)
Why? Because I'm in it. It was made in Dorset and I was in one of the crowd scenes.....

Favourite music: Anything by Vaughn Williams

Favourite gadget: My digital camera

Favourite website: Triplethink.co.uk - very funny

Best holiday: Venice

Career highlight: Reaching 60 and getting my state pension: having the choice to retire or not: choosing to continue to work (writing) because I enjoy it so much

Career lowlight: Applying for a job and being asked by the prospective employer about my career. I told him my first job had been in the House of Lords and that I had been working my way steadily downwards ever since. Needless to say, he didn't hire me.....

Normal working day: 6.30am till 6pm – with breaks for dog walks in between.
I love getting up early – it's so peaceful where I liveDowntime: Reading, spending time with my hilarious family, watching film, TV, DVDs, walking my dog, visiting heritage sites and historic houses in the UK

Best piece of advice: Make your own decisions. Don't do something just to please someone else, or because someone else thinks it's a good idea. It usually isn't.....

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