My friend Kate Duncan, who has died aged 43 of cancer, was a writer of short stories and plays that showcased her wry sense of humour and vivid imagination – and which featured a host of quirky characters.
Born in London to Hugh, a heating engineer, and his wife, Dympna (nee Waldron), a civil servant, Kate grew up in Lyme Regis in Dorset, where she went to the West of England School for Children with Little or No Sight on account of congenital problems that affected her eyesight and mobility. Later she attended Woodroffe school in Lyme Regis, where she gained A-level English literature and developed her love of writing.
