Background
Gwyneth Rees was born in Leicester in 1968. She is half Welsh and half English, and grew up in Scotland after her family moved to Glasgow when she was six.
Gwyneth Rees was born in Leicester in 1968. She is half Welsh and half English, and grew up in Scotland after her family moved to Glasgow when she was six.
She studied medicine at Glasgow University, has worked in London as a consultant child psychiatrist, but now writes full-time.
Her other popular books for younger children include the Fairy Dust series, the first of which was an Ottakar"s Book of the Month choice, and the Mermaid Magic trilogy. She wrote her first book when she was ten, inspired by Enid Blyton, but the first to be published was Something Secret in 2001.