Lynne Francis grew up in East Yorkshire but studied, lived and worked in London for many years. It was while she was on a writing course in West Yorkshire that the characters and setting for The Mill Valley Girls novels came into being. She draws her inspiration from landscapes and the countryside, as well as the history of an area.

Now living in east Kent she has written a new trilogy set here in the Georgian era, with the first book, The Margate Maid published in 2020.