Born in 1953 in London but brought up in West Africa and
educated in boarding school, Josephine
Hammond went on to University College London where she graduated with a
degree in French and Italian. After working briefly in France she settled into
married life in England and had four sons, three of whom are triplets. She
taught languages for many years then, after moving to Pembrokeshire, escaped
into her own business selling hampers of local produce by mail order as well as
taking an MA in Creative Writing at Trinity College Carmarthen.
She has published three books, Battle in Iraq, about World
War 1 and the part played by her grandfather, Adelina Patti, Queen of Song, and
most recently Wilderness & Paradise about women explorers of the Arabian
desert. She is a regular speaker at the Tenby Arts Festival giving talks on a
range of different artists the latest one being about Joséphine Baker and has
given talks to Creative Writing groups, WWDFAS and the King George Fund for
Sailors
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