Moya Banks was born in Bristol in 1956 and grew up in Rotherhithe, SE London. She qualified as an English teacher in 1978 and taught for many years in London secondary schools. Moya latterly worked on the Teach First programme training future English teachers until she retired in 2016. The Bertie Stories are her first foray into writing and are inspired by her daughter, Ellen.
Hopefully these tales will encourage children to engage with books and reading … now, that would be amazing!
Dear Reader,Bertie was inspired by my own daughter, Ellen, whose daddy always called her ‘Bertie’ when she was little (and indeed, even when she was not so little!)These stories are often, but not always, based on things that happened to Ellen as she was growing up ... I will leave it to you to ...
