"One of those rare people who can write for any age audience... An after-school secret garden story." The Independent on Sunday; "A story of universal emotions laced with a twist of magic... Beautifully written... Hauntingly supported by Jan Ormerod's mysteriously symbolic drawings." The School Librarian"

Jan Mark is one of the most distinguished authors of books for young people today. In addition to two Carnegie Medals, she has also won The Guardian Award, The Observer Teen Fiction Prize and the Mother Goose Award. Jan lives in Oxford. Jan Ormerod won several awards for her first book, "Sunshine". She was born and brought up in Western Australia but now lives in Cambridge with her two daughters.