Pamela Birley, who writes professionally as Bradley Bernarde, joined the SWWJ in 1986 and was voted onto the Council as Minutes Secretary in 2003. After a year she became responsible for outings until, in 2005, she accepted the position of Honorary Secretary. Since relinquishing this post in April 2014, she has been SWWJ Chawton House Library Liaison Officer, which includes responsibility for the Society’s silver trophies on display at Chawton. Apart from having published three novels, The Apothecary’s Gift, To Thine Own Self and Pas de Deux for a Cop, and a number of short stories, Pamela has worked professionally as an editor, proof reader and a reviewer of both fiction and non-fiction.