About Rebekah

Rebekah Clayton grew up in punky 1970s London.
Although she was attracted to the energy and rebellion of the times,
she also had a passion for nature,
19th C novels, folk rock and Pre-Raphaelite art.

Her childhood home (conventional and semi-detached)
had been built opposite a dark and spooky Victorian pile,
named ‘Bleak House’ by the locals.
Its forbidding and overbearing presence awoke her imagination,
and gave her a fascination for all things Gothic:
ghosts, ruins, spirits, fairies, graveyards and times long past.
She immersed herself in creativity:
writing, reading, painting, learning herb and folklore and music -
singing in various rock bands.

At college she studied Art and later, at university, English Literature.

She earnt money in various ways from au pairing to being a
shorthand secretary.
Her favourite venture was owning an organic shop & cafe.
Rebekah has two wonderful children and they live in the beautiful
county of Derbyshire.

She recently achieved a first class honours degree in Creative Writing
and won the Percy Snowden prize.