VIRGINIA MACGREGOR

I came to the English language late. My mother tongue is German and I lived in Germany for the first two years of my life. I then moved to the island of Corsica where I learned to speak French, and finally, aged nearly five, I moved to Oxford in England. When I realised that none of the little girls in my elementary school had a clue what I was saying, I knew that I had to learn English - and fast! I think that coming to English late made me love it even more and speaking different languages gives me a deeper and richer understanding of the many ways in which human stories can be expressed... 4 years old. Sitting in a tree in Corsica. Three things I knew I loved: stories, being outside & trees... When I met my husband, he convinced me to take the plunge and to see whether I could make that little girl's dream come true and become a published writer. I did an MA in creative writing, took a sabbatical from teaching, wrote my heart out, learned about the process of getting an agent and..

Primary location: London United Kingdom