Gill Arbuthnott was born in Edinburgh and, after moving north to St Andrews and south to Southampton, ended up exactly where she started. She has been writing forever, and has been a published children's author since 2003. She writes fiction and non-fiction and reckons that being a children's author is probably the best job in the world (though not the best paid...). She has recently completed her first picture book and is working on a new novel set in Fife. You can find out more at gillarbuthnott.com.