Carol McCloskey grew up in Belfast and is a translator and teacher. She studied at 0xford and at the university of Paris VII has published novellas collected in the 'Marriage at Antibes' She has worked as a teacher and translator in Spain, Paris and at present with the local 'Centre Communal d'Action Social' and the Polytech'Nice Sophia-Antipolis. She lives with her partner and two daughters in Antibes and is founding editor and publisher of Le Magazine Azure, the leading bilingual online magazine for the French Riviera.