OK Tim, seeing as though you asked: Wendy Arrowsmith lives in my house!

Other good local songwriters include
Rebekan Findlay (have a listen to Duty Bound, it's great!) and Joolz Cavell .

The great thing is thay are all in the same band-
Blind Summat! (along with some dodgy banjo player, but best not talk about his song writing efforts).

Paul