Book Title: MARION LANE AND THE RAVEN’S REVENGE Character Name: Marion Lane   How would you describe your family or your childhood? I grew up in a small flat in post war London. My father died when I was very young, so I never really knew him, and instead lived alone with my mother, Alice. Mother did her best for us, but times were tough and the realities of life as a single parent soon became too much for her. She took her own life when I was just sixteen, which left me under the care of my overbearing grandmother, Dolores. And while I was grateful for her support and love, I found her difficult to tolerate. We had such vastly different outlooks on life. She wanted me to settle down and marry, to find happiness as a wife and mother. I wanted just the opposite: to be independent, to find work, and a purpose, and to find myself. Thankfully, at the age of 23, I was offered the position of apprentice Inquirer at the top-secret underground detective agency, Miss Brickett’s Investigations and Inquiries. That changed my life forever.   What was your greatest talent? Fixing things, I suppose. Gadgets,…