We loved playing with cousins and friends in the sea,the forest and playing games in the yards around the house where we lived. What I loved most of all, was listening to the adults tell folk tales.Some of the stories were frightening but I enjoyed them and always wanted to make up some of my own. I loved read fairytale books and books about magicians and magical creatures,witches and zombies. I loved the rivers,the big trees and wild animals what roamed the forest nearby our village. My maternal grandmother was the best storyteller of all;the first time I heard her I wanted to be a storyteller and a writer.I also loved music made up little tunes to go with my childhood stories and nursery-poems.

At school my best subjects were:poetry essay writing,English, literature, history, music and art. I loved taking part in school plays and poetry recitation.I never did very well in maths and science. I never had any difficulty in reading,I read very early. My mother said as a child I was always with a book.

I took part in pantomime productions and organised choral groups, drama groups and was a member of a small music band.

I left Trinidad and came to England to further my career and studies.Before I began my studies,I worked in the Post Office and was also a Stock Keeper at a store in London and a Hardware Factory in Hertfordshire.I published my first book of poetry. Then I got married and my second book of poetry was published.

My first child was born,then I entered the University of Kent at Canterbury where I studied English with African and Caribbean Studies. I published several books for children and adults.I also became a freelance storyteller visiting schools and colleges and all over Britain,not only storytelling but lecturing as a writer in Residence.