Stranger than fiction

Real life can be stranger than the fiction you write, or at least more full of surprises and coincidences. Take my book series about the two Saskias. As with any book, there are minor characters scattered here and there. Some of them don't remain minor - Rio Ashworth eventually gets her own book - but one who remains in the background, popping up now and then, is Laura, the nurse from the local hospital A&E. The Saskias and the twins meet Laura now and then as they visit the hospital and so on. Now, Laura doesn't actually exist - except she does! The 'real' Laura is a Staff Nurse at Kings Hospital in London. She's even called Laura. I have a quite well defined vision of what each character looks like and does - and that's the real Laura. Staff Nurse Laura appeared in a Channel 4 documentary series last night, and I nearly fell off my chair. Sometimes the coincidences and surprises tend to mount up a bit. Wonder what the next one will be. Oh. The book about Rio Ashworth? It's number seven in the Saskia series so it'll be along eventually.
Ian B