Deborah J Barker, author of, The Ghost Girl at Angel Cottage, was born in Chelmsford, Essex in 1956 and would live in a library if she could. Since that is not possible, the home she shares with her husband and family in Hampshire, is crammed with books of every genre. Writing has always been second nature to her and her short stories and articles have been published in magazines both here and in America.

Having a love of the West Country and a lifelong interest in all things spiritual, she naturally explores the possibilities of time-slip and the paranormal, in her writing.

When not writing or reading, Deborah enjoys walking her dogs, playing with her grandchildren and staying in her second home in Fowey, Cornwall with the family.

The Ghost girl at Angel Cottage was formerly published under the title of, Once Upon a Christmas Eve.