Author Biography
Lucy Abelson was born in Norfolk in her grandparents' home in Norfolk. She spent her childhood in Sevenoaks in Kent where her father, a retired naval officer, ran a tutorial establishment. Her mother was a doctor who practised as a GP. From an early age, Lucy wanted to be a writer, so although she passed five A levels and the entrance exam to Oxford, Lucy decided not to go to university; she wanted to experience life in the raw. After a short unsatisfactory stint at nursing, Lucy settled into a successful career as a journalist. She has written for national magazines and newspapers. On the Sunday Telegraph she wrote a column Finance for women . Her career culminated on the Sunday Express where she was a feature writer and columnist for almost twenty years. Lucy gave up her career to devote more time to her third child who is on the autistic spectrum. She was strongly influenced by the work of Nobel prize winner naturalist Niko Tinbergen who studied autistic children His work inspired her interest in the way animals communicate and their social behaviour. Lucy has travelled all over the world with her husband watching animals in the wild. Co-incidentally, her brother Dr Andrew Abelson, who has a PhD in evolutionary anthropology suggested she should use the behaviour of apes as a basis for looking at human behaviour in her fiction. This has formed the basis for the creation of evolutionary anthropologist Impey Dalrymple as a detective in Lucy Abelson's golf novels. Since Lucy's parents met on the golf course playing mixed foursomes, much of Lucy's and her two brothers' social family life revolved around the golf club. Both Lucy and her husband are keen players. Lucy was elected honorary secretary of her golf club. As a also qualified observer referee she has adjudicated at county and regional competitions. Lucy is married with three daughters and six grand-children.
