All this completely put me off writing and it wasn’t until I was on maternity leave in 1998 that I wrote what would become my first published novel, The Italian Quarter.
I loved working in publishing and eventually became Editorial Director for children’s books at HarperCollins. I did all the right things to become a writer: I read English at King’s College London and, after graduating, worked in a library, for a magazine and then as a publicity assistant at HarperCollins. At secondary school I used to write episodes of Starsky and Hutch (early fan fiction) and very much enjoyed making my readers cry. I went to local state schools and wrote my first book when I was a 11, a murder mystery set in Rottingdean, near the village where I still live. I loved Brighton and still do – the town, the surrounding countryside and, most of all, the sea.
I was born in London in 1963 and my family moved to Brighton when I was five. My real name is Domenica de Rosa and I’ve written four books under that name (see link above). My name’s Elly Griffiths, except it’s not really.
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