Ann Turnbull has always loved reading and knew from the age of ten that she wanted to be a writer. She is best known for her historical fiction, including her Friends and Foes trilogy for middle-grade readers, No Friend of Mine,Room for a Stranger and Pigeon Summer, and for older readers her Quaker trilogy set in the 1600s: No Shame, No Fear (shortlisted for the Guardian Children's Book Award and Whitbread Award) Forged in the Fire and Seeking Eden. She has also retorld the Greek Myths for younger children, illustrated by Sarah Young. Ann lives in Shropshire. Visit her website at www.annturnbull.com.
