Claire Gillman is an experienced journalist, writer and broadcaster. She contributes to many leading women's magazines and writes on health and parenting for The Times. In the past, she was the editor of a number of consumer and specialist women's magazine titles including Health and Fitnessmagazine and Girl About Town.
Claire's previous books include PARA: Inside the Parachute Regiment (Bloomsbury), and You and Your Ageing Parents: How to Balance Their Needs and Yours (Hodder and Stoughton). She has also written a further four adult health and parenting titles,and six children's books under the pen name Rory Storm.
Claire is the mother of two adolescent boys and practices what she preaches! She lives on the edge of the West Pennines with her family and manages to combine a hectic work schedule with an active outdoor family life.