About the Author

Kate Boydell was widowed in 1998 after nine years of marriage to her beloved husband Charlie. He died of heart failure at the age of 37, following a long struggle with complications resulting from the emergency open-heart surgery that he underwent in the first weeks of marriage.

Kate decided to write a book about Charlie’s remarkable life, his death and the struggle of coming to terms with life without him. The book, ‘Big-Hearted Man’ was published by Troubador Books in 2002. Two years later Kate wrote 'Death and How to Survive It', which was published by Vermilion in April 2005. Kate has appeared as a guest of Nicky Campbell on Five Live, Jeremy Vine on BBC Radio 2, Judi Spiers on BBC Radio Devon and Simon Mayo on Five Live, plus numerous appearances on BBC Radio Shropshire. Kate has also been a guest on Woman’s Hour on Radio Four, ‘This Morning’ on ITV, Sky News and The Kelly Show on Ulster Television. She has been featured in articles in The Guardian, Devon Life, Woman and Home, ‘You’ Magazine, The Observer Magazine, Woman's Weekly, Easy Living, My Weekly, Bella, Sainsbury's Magazine and The Daily Express.

Kate is now 41 and lives in Devon with her two daughters, Rosie, aged 11 and Alice, aged 9. She works as a freelance television editor and is now working on her next book.

If you would like to contact her with your comments on the web site, or with suggestions on how it might be improved, then you can e-mail her at: [email protected]

Acknowledgements
I was going to take a course in carpentry, so my thanks go to all the people who have nagged me to continue writing, because if they hadn't then this web site would be an occasional table or a bookcase.
I am indebted to Charles Wace for his endless support and encouragement. His great generosity and the help of his very talented staff at twofourtv.com (especially web designer Anna Egerstedt) have enabled me to produce what you see before you.

My thanks also go to Beth Burrell, Christobel Boydell, Jane Boydell, Linda Gibson and Julie Benson for listening to my work and supporting me every step of the way, and also to Edward Boydell for checking all the legal stuff. I would also like to thank my daughters Rosie and Alice, for keeping out of my study and letting me write. This site is dedicated to the memory of my late husband Charlie, who was and is my inspiration.