The All-Write Winsome Collection of Poetry and Prose by Winsome Mary Payter is diverse in content. Although it is fiction, many of the stories and poems in the book are based on observing true life. There are almost 100 poems and stories, providing an entertaining read for all ages. Some are exciting, some are uplifting, and one is written from an animal's point of view. One story is about a young Iraqi woman caught up in the Twin Towers disaster and how she eventually overcomes her fear. Winsome Mary Payter was born in Biggin Hill, Kent, England, where she was primarily educated at Jail Lane School, a church school. At age eleven, her family moved to Christchurch in Hampshire, where she continued her education until she left school at age fourteen. She started work as a costing clerk until her family moved again a year later. She changed careers and became a tracer in the drawing office at the Ministry of Defence in Malvern, Worcestershire, until she married at twenty-one. She then worked for The Mining Engineering Co. doing home tracing. The author moved with her family to Loughborough, where she became a counter assistant in a sub-post office. She and her husband have three daughters and a son. Always an avid reader, she started to compose her own stories to narrate to her children. Once retired, she started to write in earnest and has written two romantic novels. The All-Write Winsome Collection of Short Stories was published in 2013. This is her second venture in publishing. Publisher's website: http: //sbpra.com/WinsomeMaryPayter