Ally Blake's earliest aspirations towards organisation stemmed from an addiction to stationery. Pretty pens, colourful sticky notes, and pristine blank journals. Bliss! Then along came three kids in three years and being organised was suddenly less an excuse for a new monogrammed notebook and more a way to keep her family alive.

 

Nowadays with Kikki K to do lists and natty timer apps keeping her focussed she hosts writing workshops, mentors upcoming authors, judges writing contests, designs book covers under the AllyOop Designs moniker and has written thirty-three books, published in multiple languages with more than four million copies sold worldwide.