Emma Pullar was born in South East London and grew up on a council estate. Her childhood was happy one despite the rough area and her two passions growing up were dancing and writing. They are still Emma's passions to this day.

Emma spent ten years of her life on stage and enjoyed every aspect of musical theatre, until she developed a knee complaint that led to an operation, which dashed her dreams of becoming a professional.

At the tender age of sixteen Emma's family emigrated to Auckland, New Zealand and later moved to Christchurch where she met her kiwi husband, Chris.

Emma and Chris travelled the world and had two children, then came back to Chris’ home town of Christchurch when Emma was pregnant with their third daughter.

A month after their baby was born the earthquakes in Christchurch began.  The February 2011 quake directly affected Emma's family and community.  She desperately wanted to help, but with three children to keep safe, had no idea what to do.

Having been in talks with Author and Publisher, Jill Marshall, about her previous work, the pair decided to publish Emma's story about a little Christchurch dog, called Curly from Shirley, to raise money for the Red Cross Earthquake Appeal.  The book came out in just three weeks, in four different versions - click here.

After a lot of hardship caused by the constant quakes and looking at their position in life, Emma made the hardest decision she has ever had to make and moved her family to the UK.

Emma now lives in a beautiful little village in the Kent countryside, in the South East of England, with her husband and three small children.  She is a home mum and currently working quietly on a trilogy of chapter books.  She has also started an English literacy course to gain the GCSE she never had a chance to get as a teenager and hopes to go to university and study, like her publisher, agent and idol Jill Marshall did at her age.  Emma promotes Pear Jam Books at every opportunity, along with its very talented group of kiwi authors, and Curly from Shirley is still selling all over the world and raising money for the people of Christchurch.