Teresa Hunter is an award-winning journalist who spent many happy years and a successful career with the BBC, Telegraph, Sunday Times and Guardian.
A great observer of people, she has always been fascinated by the paths we take and the choices we make. How much is random? How much fate?
The small mis-step, which leads to major tragedy. How much would we do differently if we could see into the future?
At about the age of six a family friend gave her a children’s book, and she was hooked. From that moment she knew words would be her destiny.
She studied English at Sheffield University, afterwards joining the Sheffield Star – a phenomenal nine editions a day newspaper at that time. She next enjoyed a stint freelancing in Jordan for various titles, including the Middle East Economic Digest.
On her return to England, she joined the Guardian, where she worked for many years, before moving into television and working for BBC1’s Watchdog and news output.
But she missed journalism, so finally returned to newspapers working on the launch of Glasgow’s Sunday Herald while contributing extensively to the Telegraph Group, and Sunday Times. She is also a former personal finance editor of Scotland on Sunday and the Sunday Herald in Glasgow, as well as a member of the Chartered Insurance Institute’s Professional Standards Board.
She has won a number of prestigious awards and prizes for her work.
Given her background, it is unsurprising her stories often include an element of corporate crime. She brings a rare insight into this world combined with an ability to create characters, motivations, and situations with which we can all identify. She explores both the bad guys and the good guys who try to put things right.
Teresa, who has an MA in Critical and Creative Writing from Southampton University, divides her time between her cliff top home overlooking Mounts Bay in West Cornwall, where she lives with her husband Paul, her pied-a-terre in Southwark and family in Edinburgh.