Christine Morton-Shaw

Christine Morton-Shaw lives in Sheffield.

She was brought up in Blackburn, Lancashire in a typical Catholic home but always considered herself ‘a bit strange.’ In a way, her fascination for the past became her escape from all things sticky and tricky. She’s still escaping.

She loves fishing, reading and diaries. Her main ambition is to catch a 20lb-plus carp. If she ever gets rich, she will buy a very big shoe and move her large family into it, as she often feels like the old woman in the nursery rhyme with so many children, she doesn’t know what to do. Pub Quizzes help keep her sane, although she seldom wins any of them.

Christine has written many picture books for children and THE RIDDLES OF EPSILON is her first novel. She has a MA in Creative Writing and misses studying English Literature so much, she is considering doing all her exams again. Her life dream is to own a cottage in Ireland with a Carp Lake in the back garden and a secretary hidden discreetly in a nearby bush. Then she could work whilst fishing.