Ann Kelley
Ann Kelley left her convent high school at 17, married at 18 and had two children. She is now a novelist, poet and photographer and lives on the edge of a cliff in Cornwall with her second husband and two cats. After surviving several winter disasters including being struck by lightning they now move to the town during the worst of the weather, to live next door to her daughter and grandchildren. Ann has had several books published including two poetry collections, two books of photographs, and an audio book of cat stories and the novels The Burying Beetle, Bower Bird, and Inchworm. She has won several awards including the Costa Children’s Book of the Year for Bower Bird. Her books Koh Tabu and Dark Eden are published by Oxford University Press.