Tania Crosse was born in London and studied French literature at London University. She has three grown-up children and now lives partly in Berkshire and partly on Dartmoor. Her first novel, Morwellham's Child, was published by Pan in 2004. The River Girl is her second novel set in the Tavistock area of Devon. For further information, please visit her website: www.tania-crosse.co.uk