Rodney Trotter a supportive partner in Cassandra, whom he met at a computer training course in "Yuppy Love", and married in 1989. Her father Alan employed Rodney at his company, Parry Print Ltd. (at least until Rodney accidentally quit that job), and, with some financial assistance from Del, he was able to buy a flat and finally move out of Nelson Mandela House. Their marriage suffered when Rodney punched Cassandra's boss, and broke his nose, when returning from Margate in "The Jolly Boys' Outing". They split up in the 1990 Christmas special "Rodney Come Home" (having split up three times in the
Cassandra Clare high school, and from then on split her time between California and New York City, where she worked at various entertainment magazines and tabloids, including "The Hollywood Reporter". While living in Los Angeles Clare began writing fan fiction using the name Cassandra Claire. "The Draco Trilogy", based on "Harry Potter" and "The Very Secret Diaries", based on "The Lord of the Rings" were popular. However, she deleted her fan fiction from the Internet shortly before her first novel, "The City of Bones", was published under the name Cassandra Clare. She is also friends with author Holly Black, and their books