![]() ![]() ![]() I was brought up in the north of England which is much more rugged and wild-the backdrop to Immortal. I like to go for long walks and see the changes that the seasons bring, and I try to imagine how it all must have been years and years ago, and how the people lived. I am currently learning Italian (or trying to!) and have a secret fantasy about going to live on the beautiful island of Sicily one day, and having a little stone house with a lemon tree in the garden, and a view of the blue, blue sea! I am lucky, though, because I do live in a fantastic part of England, full of soft green fields and rolling hills and cottages that date back four hundred years. ![]() She has a son and a daughter, and is married to Brian, who works for the New York Times Media Group. Having children gave Gillian an excuse to carry on reading children’s books, as well as a motivation to write them. She recently taught English and Drama at Beechwood Sacred Heart, a girls’ boarding school. She then taught in a drama school, the Academy of Live and Recorded Arts, for several years, becoming Vice Principal. After university she studied acting in London. ![]() Gillian’s love of books led her to read English at St. As she grew up, she had two passions:books and theater. Gillian Shields was born and brought up in Yorkshire, in the north of England. ![]()
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