AUDREY MCCRAKEN - Grandmother, mother and Carer. Audrey writes short stories with a flavour of the Caribbean.

BRIAN BOLD - Retired IT Marketing Manager, now a keen golfer and occasional writer. He has published ROAD WORKS - a travel book and FIRST COARSE - an anthology of short stories, both can be viewed at www.lulu.com/biro.

DAVE ROSE - a financial consultant. His writing mirrors his personality - funny and quirky! A great after dinner speaker and lover of fine wines

HELEN NICELL - A charity event organiser, Helen enjoys writing short stories, and writes fun and clever poetry, and hopes to build up to bigger and better things - one day!

JACKIE GREEN - Busy working woman who would like more time to write but in reality would probably just eat more cakes. Enjoys writing short stories and has embarked on a massive joint writing project with Brian Bold ( brave man). Drinks promised for everyone if we manage to complete it and stay friends.

JANICE DAY - Retired teacher, keen swimmer and member of a local collaboration who write stage plays. Jan is a a prolific writer who writes touching poetry, short stories and plays.

JOHN WARD - Retired Business Consultant, quick with jokes, an avid collector of strange things and knowledge. A writer of interesting short stories - that apparently do not need editing!

MARGARET VAUGHN - Grandmother to the group with whom she shares her love of poetry and story telling. Margaret writes great poetry, and is working on many short stories and a childrens' novel for her grandson.

MARY CROWNER - A Manager of Care Services she enjoys writing short stories and is curently developing a travel article and childrens' novel

NICK COOK - Creative Writing Tutor, Health and Safety Genius, President of Verulum Writers Circle and extremely talented friend to Watford Writers.

PHIL COOPER - Retired, well travelled writer of amusing and quirky short stories.

SUE PETTIT - Retired teacher who writes, and writes and writes .. warm and touching short stories and poetry seem to just pour from her to the page.

SUSAN BENNETT - Historical Researcher and Consultant who is researching and writing a biography of a woman born in the 18th century. She has written non-fiction articles and has edited and assisted other writers with research. She was the winner of the Watford Writers non-fiction competition for 2009.  Sue Bennett Website

STEVE CLIFFORD – a semi retired / freelancer in the Probation Dept & in the Fire department . After years of report writing – fantasy and creative writing is a challenge that he excels at.

ROSEMARY MORRIS - A full time novelist and short story writer who headed up the Hertsmere Writers Circle, and has recently had her 1st Historic Romantic Fiction novel published. Rosemary Morris Website

VICKI PARR - works in a local library, is an avid reader and is currently writing a story about a Princess Royal in Rebellion.

 ROBERT PATERSON - a librarian who would like to be lending his own book!
 

LIZ GOES - another retired teacher with time to scribble and now addicted. She has published two novels Fusion and The Cosmopolites (details on www.elizajanegoesahead.com ) and is working on a third 'The Not Quite English Teacher''. She also loves writing short stories and poems and, very occasionally, these do well in competitions. She believes you're not a real writer if you haven't had loads of rejections. 

PETER YOUNG - a retired engineer who writes mainly poetry - is that right for an engineer?

LIZ SIMPSON - enjoys writing short stories, flash fiction and hopes to one day get started on that elusive novel ....

STEPH KING - An environmental consultant who writes contemporary fantasy and other oddities. She uses a pen name, Rosie Lane, because another writer uses her name already.
 
Link: www.rosielane.net

TREVOR SPINAGE - a Systems Engineer for a national rail company and the Secretary for the Watford Travel Club - he writes clever and witty short stories and does not enjoy poetry.