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[[Category:Authors|North, Elaine Robertson]]
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I started writing in my 20s but despite my passion and commitment, life and my career basically got in the way. Although I continued to write sporadically and had a few features published along the way, writing as a potential career was forced to take a back seat while I concentrated on what turned into a 25-year career working in marketing and communications in the media and entertainment industries. I spent seven years marketing national newspapers, a couple of years working in entertainment PR and held senior communications roles at UKTV and Capital Radio. Latterly, I was the MD of a small marketing agency. It was all fast and furious and a fantastically rich source of material.

After the arrival of my second child, I happily gave up the day job and with the time needed and a host of life experiences to draw from, I was finally able to start writing more seriously. 

Today I live in North London with my husband and our two sons. When I'm not writing, I can be found looking harassed on the school run, on the side lines of my sons' football matches or singing my heart out with my local branch of Popchoir.

''I Can't Tell You Why'' is my first novel.