Veronica Podbury is a pastor and writer passionate about including marginalised or forgotten people so they can fulfill their God-given potential. After graduating she taught children from various ethnic backgrounds in social priority areas. She trained for church ministry, with a Masters in Theology from the University of Nottingham in England. After pastoring a church in an area of social deprivation, she and her husband planted a community church to reach people with no church connection. She has been on mission in Africa and has written two novels for teens, Secrets and Watching, aimed at bringing Christian values into mainstream teen fiction.