Michaela Morgan left her hometown of Manchester for a misspent youth in various exotic locations and now divides her time between Brighton, France and Rutland. As a teacher she worked with everyone from sticky infants to tattooed prisoners, but writes mostly for the former. Michaela is always a popular speaker at various school events, festivals and conferences. Her first picture book for Macmillan was NEVER SHAKE A RATTLESNAKE (ISBN: 978-0-330-51229-9, illustrated by Nick Sharratt)