Jean Dodge

Jean Dodge grew up in Manchester. She is grammar-school-educated, a retired civil servant and is a member of Mensa. She has owned various businesses including a greengrocer and florist shop, a licensed guesthouse and riding centre, and a takeaway fish and chip shop.

She moved to Bala, North Wales, and opened a riding centre. For the past ten years, she has worked in publishing.

Her extended family includes four grown-up children, ten grandchildren and fifteen great-grandchildren.