Manchester mum Sherry Ashworth has published her ninth book for teenagers.
Titled Revolution, it is about the protests that follow plans to close a school. Mrs Ashworth, 57, who lives in Whitefield, tells People: "The idea was one that had been within me for a very long time. It started with an experience I had at university where there was a lot of student discontent. I was appalled at how good intentions can become derailed.
"These things that happen to you which you don't have the answers to, are the things that you want to explore in fiction."
A secondary school teacher for more than 25 years, in 1990 Mrs Ashworth decided to pursue a second career as an author while still doing her day job. She first wrote for the adult market but changed to teenage fiction around ten years ago. "It was partly because my two daughters were teenagers and I have always written for the people in my life."
Mrs Ashworth, who used to teach English at Bury Grammar School For Girls, gave up secondary school teaching four years ago but has not abandoned the profession completely. She lectures in creative writing at Manchester Metropolitan University.
