Shirley MannShirley Mann is a Derbyshire-based journalist who spent most of her career at the BBC. She went on to make films for organisations such as the Heritage Lottery Fund. Her first novel, Lily's War, was inspired by Shirley's mother, who was a WAAFand her father who was in the Eighth Army. She has now written five books in the collection about inspirational women during World War II. Read More Read Less