Heather "Ratlady" Tomlinson has been writing seriously for six years and during that time has written a number of tales for children. Her characters are lovable and amusing and she puts a great deal of thought into developing them. Heather doesn't write exclusively for children, but she does prefer to write for them. She says children are not the easiest to please, but you know when they like you. Roger the Trainee Reindeer is the first of her children's stories to be published and she hopes one day to see him in print.

Heather lives in Great Britain where she shares her home with her beloved pet rats. She set up The Rat Rehoming Register in June, 1999, which is a rescue service for unwanted and neglected pet rats. "They are such intelligent and affectionate creatures," she says. "People don't realise that pet, or Fancy rats, are as far removed from the plague carrying black rat as the Labrador puppy is from the wolf." Heather's love of animals goes even further. She is a vegan and never touches anything that contains animal products or has been tested on animals. She believes we should cherish and protect animals and all living creatures. After all, they were here first. Heather was recently commissioned to write a series of articles on pet rats for the UK magazine Animals, Animals, Animals. Since then, she has been commissioned to write 12 more articles on both rats and mice.

Heather hopes one day to finish her novel "Pryderi's Pack" which is set in the 14th century in Wales - just as the Black Death creeps over the borders. The story is told through the eyes of a pack of rats - "Pryderi's Pack."

 

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