She writes regularly on food, design and interesting people doing interesting things. Married and the mother to three young girls, she grew up in a beautiful house with stunning gardens, now open to the public, created by her parents in East Sussex, England. Hattie has worked for the Evening Standard (London) and the Ottawa Citizen (Ottawa) and freelanced widely for other publications. She has written a cooking show for The Food Network and worked in the performing arts in programming and promotion. She currently serves on the board of the Ottawa International Writers Festival and chairs the annual gala for the Ottawa Art Gallery. In her free time she loves to ski, ride horses, grow vegetables, cook and run.