Martine Cullum, Norfolk's Novice Novelist, has lived on the beautiful Norfolk coast since she was four years old. Now, considerably older than that, she is the co-author of two novels in The POISE Archive magical realism series and the sole author of Moons & Runes, the first in a series of cosy paranormal mystery novels. As well as working full-time for the NHS, Martine considers herself a writer in training and is currently a Creative Writing student at the Open University.

Married with four children, three (nearly four at the time of writing) grandchildren and a very highly strung German/Belgian Shepherd, Martine does not get much spare time, but when she does Comicon, Dr Who Conventions, Virtual Reality Experiences (she highly recommends the War of the Worlds one) and a day out at Bewilderwood, are all a great way to spend a day.