June Crowe lives in Hartley, a quiet semi rural area of Kent. She has a Boarding Cattery which she has run for the past 22 years. With two rescue dogs and a well stocked aviary, you could say she's fond of animals.

She writes mainly during the winter when the cattery is quiet. Suffering with the winter blues, she's found writing helps her overcome her naturally pessimistic nature. During the summer her large garden and busy Cattery take up most of her time and writing takes a back seat.

Having never written anything apart from Newsletters for her local horticultural society, she joined Elaine's creative writing classes in 2007. With her help and encouragement she's achieved a small measure of success.

June has had three short stories published, and articles in Yours Magazine, Cage and Aviary Birds, The Guardian, Cat World, Your Dog and The Best of British. She's also had several tips and fillers published in weekly magazines. In 2008, she wrote a series of articles for a website which gave advice on starting and running a cattery. She's enjoyed some success with short story competitions, achieving a win in one run by The Write Place. She's also had several near misses, being 2^nd and highly commended on several occasions. She won't give up!

She can't really decide what her favourite form of writing is. She enjoys writing articles but short story writing is the real challenge that she enjoys. She would never attempt to write a novel - she just doesn't have the staying power.

She has no real ambition as far as her writing is concerned. She would like to win another competition but most of all, she just wants to enjoy it.