Silver surfer, Christine Ottaway, though older in years, loves to write Middle Grade adventure stories, some of which have Christian themes.
She has been an avid reader from an early age and has never lost her love of children’s fiction. Her first job in a public library was an ideal career for a book lover. Having qualified as a librarian, she later gave up work to raise her family, and read to them whenever possible from Beatrix Potter to Thomas the Tank Engine, until they were fully fledged readers in their own right.
Despite being a full-time mother, Christine helped at her children’s school for many years before studying at university in her 40’s to become a Primary school teacher. She returned to the school as a class teacher before becoming Head of Primary until she retired in 2007.
Free, she now had the time to fulfil a lifetime’s ambition to write adventure stories for middle grade readers. The four books in the Nick North series are the result. Katya’s Story was a departure from this, but reflects her concern for young people caught up in human trafficking.
Christine loves to travel, both at home and abroad, and is a trustee at The King’s School.
