Natasha Farrant dreamed of being a writer ever since she stumbled into Narnia when she was ten years old. She is now the author of many books, has won several prizes, including the Costa with Voyage of the Sparrowhawk, and has been translated into seventeen languages. Natasha enjoys crochet, singing and taking long walks in wild places. She lives in London in a house full of books with her family and a small black cat. If she suddenly stops listening halfway through a conversation, she's not being rude, she's just had an idea for another story.