About Polly

The writer

Twenty-eight years old, Polly is the author of Golden Handcuffs as well as the forthcoming novel, Poles Apart.

She never intended to become a writer; she penned Golden Handcuffs because she felt there was a story worth telling. Similarly, her next novel, Poles Apart, came out of a Polish friend's situation that she felt people ought to know about.

The footballer

Aside from writing, Polly's passion is football. She plays for Action Ladies in London as well as several five-aside teams, and she is currently working on a grass-roots project, Girls in Football.

This venture, headed up by Polly and her business partner Andy, hopes to bring women footballers together online and to raise the profile of women's football in the UK.

The musician

For ten years, Polly has played violin in the semi-professional string quartet, No Strings Attached.

The quartet is invited to play at a variety of engagements and functions in the UK and elsewhere, most recently the Barbican, the Dorchester, the House of Commons and Newmarket Racecourse.

The snowboarder

For a couple of weeks each winter, the football boots get substituted as Polly carves up the Alps with a bunch of friends.

It has become a tradition for 50 or so twenty-somethings to take over a small, unsuspecting French resort every year, with inevitable carnage ensuing.