Mary Hoffman is an acclaimed children's writer and critic. She is the author of the bestselling picture book Amazing Grace. Her Stravaganza sequence for Bloomsbury is so popular it has 80 current stories on Fanfiction.net. Her previous books for Bloomsbury also include: The Falconer's Knot (shortlisted for the Guardian Fiction Award and winner of the French Prix Polar Jeunesse 2009) and Troubadour (nominated for the 2010 Carnegie Medal and shortlisted for the Costa Book Award). Mary has three grown-up children and lives with her husband in West Oxfordshire.

To follow Mary's thoughts on books and writing, go to http://bookmavenmary.blogspot.com