Born in Chatham and partly raised in Dublin, Liz Lawler is one of fourteen children and grew up sharing socks, pants, stuffed bras and a table space to eat at. Liz spent over twenty years working as a nurse in a hospital's emergency department, and has since worked as a flight attendant and as the general manager of a five-star hotel. She now lives in Bath with her husband. Don't Wake Up is her first novel.