'Terri' - Theresa Anne Peterson, (nee Philips) - was born August 19th, 1969, and spent what she referred to as 'a miserably failed experiment in tyranny' at a typical secondary school, where she was bullied relentlessly, and made fun of.
She left there with no regrets, only a handful of the pre-requisite qualifications to begin a career in the banking sector, and bitter memories of her time spent being the object of ridicule by most of her peers.
Myopic, gauche, skinny and flat-chested, as well as sporting a head of rich auburn hair, made her a daily target for abuse, which she escaped by becoming immersed in the fantasy world of writing short stories, usually with her as the heroine.
In 1987, she met, and married, Simon Peterson, and, in 1989 she gave birth to her first daughter, Veronica.
Erin followed in 1991, forcing her to put her career on hold and concentrate on being a full time mother.
Juggling her workload around earning enough money to keep a roof over their heads, she began to put together a semi-autobiographical story of a woman whose life mimicked that of her own.
The character of Suzy Pym was born and her first novel, 'Plaything' was written.