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I’ve been a writer since 1998, when I was becoming the world’s leading expert on law and policy relating to Gypsies and Travellers. I write crime fiction, non-fiction about creative productivity, and about travel, politics, and the creative life for such publications as Byline Times, Globetrender, Red, and Womankind. I’m also a digital collage artist and illustrator, and sometimes animate my collages.

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