Livia Huntingdon-Jones works within the demanding environment of a City law firm. She describes her writing as an essential escape and antidote to the pressures and jargon of her corporate legal career, a pursuit her parents view with some exasperation. Her background includes time at Cheltenham Ladies' College, from which she was expelled, before achieving excellent grades at a state sixth form college and going on to study Law at Oxford. This perhaps informs the blend of Establishment settings