Education
University of Cambridge.
University of Cambridge.
Its sequel, The House Called Hadlows, was published in 1972. They concern a boy called Sebastian, who enters another world through a magic mirror. He meets a girl called Melissa who has been imprisoned by an evil Enchanter and resolves to rescue her.
In the second book Sebastian and Melissa release a house from a curse made by the Evil One.
After spending four years living in rural Wales and the Isle of Skye, Clayton went to the University of Cambridge to study English. In 1997, however, she returned to writing books: Out of Love was her first adult"s book
Past Mischief (1998), Dance with me (1999), Running Wild (2000), Clouds Among the Stars (2003), Moonshine (2004) and A Girl"s Guide to Kissing Frogs (2007) followed. Both of Victoria"s children"s books - "The Winter of Enchantment" and "The House Called Hadlows" - have been reissued by Fidra Books.