Hilary Green

I come from a theatrical family. My mother was a dancer and my father a singer. I trained for the stage but decided there were too many out-of-work actresses already, so went into teaching instead. I have taught drama in a variety of schools, from a posh girls’ independent boarding school to a Comprehensive in Lambeth.

Most recently I was Director of Drama at Birkenhead Sixth Form College. I also founded and for ten years ran my own Youth Theatre Company in Surrey.

A few years ago I won the Kythira Prize awarded by the Historical Novel Society for a short story. The prize was a two-week writing course on the Greek island of Kythira, tutored by Helen Carey and Louis de Berniere. Louis was most impressed with my work and gave me a lot of encouragement.

I took early retirement in order to concentrate on my writing and in 2003 I completed an MA in Creative Writing at Liverpool John Moores University.

My first novel, published by Hodder and Stoughton, is set in World War II and called We'll Meet Again . It has been followed by a companion volume, Never Say Goodbye.

I have two grown up sons and two grandchildren. My hobbies include walking, gardening, horse riding, bridge and travel.

www.hilarygreen.co.uk

We'll Meet Again; Never Say Goodbye, Now Is The Hour, They Also Serve, Theatre of War (Hodder)

Theatre of War

It's been a long and rocky road, but I feel that I have arrived at last. I owe a lot to the help and encouragement of my tutors and fellow students on the MA course at Liverpool John Moores but you were the only person to give me hard-nosed advice on what is commercially viable. To my mind, it is absolutely vital for anyone who seriously wants to be published and I shall always be grateful.

                                                                                                             Hilary Green

Author photograph by David Green