Despite being BookLife Publishing’s newest recruit. Mignonne Gunasekara has already written many books about everything from starter science and disastrous deaths throughout history to dinosaurs. Born in Sri Lanka, Mignonne has always been drawn to stories, whether they are told through literature, film or music. After studying Biomedical Science at King’s College London, Mignonne completed a short course in screenwriting at the National Centre for writing in Norwich, during which she explored writing scripts for the different mediums of film, theatre and radio.