Daisy Wood worked in children’s publishing for some years before leaving to concentrate on her own writing. She is the author of the ‘Swallowcliffe Hall’ series for young adults under the name of Jennie Walters. The Clockmaker’s Wife is her first published novel for adults. Happiest rootling about the London Library under the pretext of research, she divides her time between London and Dorset, and can often be seen chasing a rescue pointer through various city parks with a Basset hound in tow.