Barbara Kastelin

Barbara Kastelin was brought up in Switzerland. She studied copywriting and design at the New School, NY, worked for the UN Secretary-General and returned to advertising in Proctor&Gamble, Geneva. She later married a British diplomat and has two daughters and grandchildren. She is the author of three novels, THE PARROT TREE, WHEN SNOW FELL and HOTEL BELVEDERE, and three collections of short stories, A BAD LOT, JUST IMAGINE and IMAGINE THAT.