Louise lives in Italy with her ‘Man Friday’ Simon and their rescue pup Bertie. Louise Charles is a pen name of Jo Lamb, made up from her and Simon’s second names. Louise Charles is the name under which Jo writes fiction, sometimes on her own and sometimes in partnership with ‘Charles’. Louise records her writing successes and battles on Joe Bloggs. She is currently waiting to be 'discovered' for her fiction writing.
Louise has always read and written. She has a passion for fountain pens and virginal writing paper. At present, Louise owns five pens; a Schaeffer, Snorkel (1950’s), Waterman and two Lamy pens for everyday scribbles. She also has access to Simon’s Rotring and occasionally uses his late fathers’ Parker.