Gloria Eveleigh, now retired, was a scientist and then a qualified social worker, manager, and owner of her own social care business. She has three grown-up children and five grandchildren. When her own children were small, she loved to make up stories for them. Now she tests out her stories on her youngest grandchild. She originally wrote this phonics-focused series of short stories for her sister to use with the small children and their parents who attend her phonics classes. Gloria also enjoys reading, art, and craft.