Tessa Barrie was born in Harrogate, Yorkshire but, despite living on the British Channel Island of Jersey since 1981, she remains fiercely proud of her Yorkshire heritage.

Incorporating humour in her writing is very important to her. “I try to capture the fragility of human emotion and coat it with a little humour. It doesn’t take away the anguish but makes it more bearable."

She self-published her debut novel, Just Say It, a bittersweet family saga, in June 2021. Her second novel, The Secret Lives of the Doyenne of Didsbrook, a quirky murder mystery, will hit the bookshelves in 2024. Her third novel, Unbroken, is underway.