Barbara Kastelin

Barbara Kastelin was brought up in Switzerland. She studied copywriting and design at the New School in New York, worked for the UN Secretary-General and returned to advertising at Proctor & Gamble in Geneva. She married a Britishdiplomat and has two daughters and grandchildren. Barbara is the author of The Parrot Tree, When Snow Fell, Hotel Belvedere and three collections of short stories. She is based in Bedford.