Felicity Fair Thompson was born in Australia into a writing family. After a short career as a dancer in UK, she spent several years as Senior Assistant Manager at the Odeon Leicester Square in London's West End, before settling on the Isle of Wight where her interest in photography and travel expanded into film making. She has a Masters degree in Screenwriting: London College of Communication and her latest film, a drama documentary Carisbrooke Castle - 1000 years of British History was broadcast on SKY TV. Three of her other fourteen travel films have been shown on Australian television. Her published writing includes a children story, an EU funded community play, scenic travel features, poetry, theatre reviews and personality profiles. Her first novel Cutting In, set in the theatre world, was one of the three top finalists in the Beryl Bainbridge Award, 2012/13 Peoples Book Prize.