Before I became a novelist, I was journalist for newspapers and women’s magazines.
I started out as a cub reporter for The Western Morning News in Plymouth, racing around the Devon and Cornwall countryside in my ancient red Mini. Later, after a short stint as associate producer for a Sky TV chat show/magazine programme, I became features editor of Woman and Family Circle.
I've also written freelance pieces for national newspapers and women’s magazines including the Guardian, Independent on Sunday, Red, Good Housekeeping and Woman & Home.
I read English at Cambridge University and I can still just about get by in French and Spanish. I work out – occasionally – at my local gym – and I love Pilates, hiking and wild swimming, as well as reading (of course), films and theatre.
“Burstall is a great writer, and this is not your usual run-of-the-mill chicklit…I was gripped from the start.”
Here are some of my newspaper and magazine articles:
And here are some of my short stories:
The Red Shoes (Candis Magazine)
