Gilda was born and brought up in the East End. She left school at fifteen but returned to education as a mature student. She is now a full-time writer and Make Us Traitors is her eleventh novel. She has also had four non-fiction books published including the highly-acclaimed Sunday Times bestseller, My East End: A History of Cockney London and Our Street: The East End at War. She lived in East London with her husband and family.
Gilda was born and brought up in the East End. She left school at fifteen but returned to education as a mature student. She is now a full-time writer and Make Us Traitors is her eleventh novel. She has also had four non-fiction books published including the highly-acclaimed Sunday Times bestseller, My East End: A History of Cockney London and Our Street: The East End at War. She lived in East London with her husband and family.