Angela King

Angela’ s love of writing rekindled when her son David joined the British Figure Skating Squad. She was invited to write a regular column for iSkate Magazine describing the highs and lows of being an international skater’ s mum and the discipline of writing for an audience helped harness the stories which haunted her dreams. Born in London her family escaped to Kent where she enjoyed a magical childhood. At fourteen she won a national competition for writing but unable to afford university she left school at sixteen and studied design at Medway College of Art. Although she found a perfect job in London, making costumes for film and television, she couldn’ t stay long because the wage barely covered her travel expenses. Having met her soul-mate, a goldsmith called Michael, the need to fund their dreams meant a lucrative job in Mayfair, creating clothes for an exclusive clientele. After setting up home in Essex Angela found work with a local theatrical costumier and wrote children’ s stories in her spare time. They then moved to a fairytale cottage in Paglesham but a season of disasters forced them to take a leap of faith. Michael accepted a job in Carlisle and life changed forever. Finding a ramshackle cottage in Cumbria they filled it with two children and a medley of animals. They set-up a bespoke jewellery company and Angela went back to study part-time to hone her skills as a writer. When a Durham-based film company commissioned Michael to make iconic jewellery for their history documentaries the producer offered Angela a job as head of costume and she couldn’ t resist the adventure. Life is a story. Writing as A.S. King her work is published in various anthologies including Dark Minds (Bloodhound Books), Happily Never After (C & P Writers) and Wiza Words (Wigton Creative Writers).