LG Surgeson is a writer and teacher who lives in a cottage with a garden full of fairies by a river in the middle of Wales. She lives there with her long-suffering partner and their two cats. They like Mid-Wales because it's better than the real world. She writes in her pyjamas, in the time she creates by avoiding housework and socialising. The cats like to help. They aren't very good at it.
LG hasn't always lived in the wilds of mid-Wales. She was born in 1980 in Durban, South Africa and emigrated to the UK at the tender age of four. She grew up in sight of the Isle of Wight, right on the south coast of England, which was as far North as her folks could be bothered to go. She ended up in Wales when she was eighteen – after going away to university in Aberystwyth and stubbornly refusing to leave when she had finished her degree.
LG writes a lot. She writes because she can't help it, and when she's not writing she drives her partner and the cats mad by moaning about the fact that she's not writing. Being a novelist is a life-long dream of hers, since she fell in love with Jo Marsh in Little Women when she was very small. She has always written stories, her first book about a naughty kitten was completed at the tender age of seven and illustrated by her mother. From then on, it went from bad to worse. She writes novels, blog posts and articles. She believes it's important to write about what you know so the novels she writes are either fantasy adventures or semi-autobiographical stories about teachers. Both are equally believable. Currently, the first three novels in The Black River Chronicles are available to the public at large, with more to follow. These are definitely fantasy – and contain lots of magic, near-death and goblins.
LG has been writing the Black River Chronicles for the best part of a decade. The world and characters were born from a setting for a live action roleplay game called Aberddu Adventures that she worked on for twelve years when she was young enough to go out on school nights. Many of the characters are based on those of her friends – which is why all the novels are dedicated to characters in the stories. She is currently working on her seventh book set in the world of The Black River, which will complete the second triology.
She also writes blog posts and articles (with significantly less goblins) about things that she would rant about if anyone would listen. Mostly, these are on the subjects of education, mental health and sexuality. Sometimes, people read them.
In the real world, LG pretends to be a responsible adult well enough that someone has employed her as a maths teacher. She teaches maths and art in a special school for learners with emotional and social difficulties that lead to challenging behaviour. As jobs go, it's certainly fun and often unexpected. When she's not doing that, and has been prised away from the keyboard, she likes to poke about her garden upsetting the fairies.
Never make LG laugh, you'll end up being quoted in a novel.
