Growing up on the Wirral and in Germany, Anna wrote plays about talking animals, and stories about naughty children, and drew on every available surface. After school, she did an Art Foundation course, then a degree in German Literature & Philosophy at Oxford University. In 1998 she found her perfect job at Usborne in London, writing about everything from curious penguins to trips to the Moon.

Recommended

• About the Greek myths; the gift of fire; Pandora's box; Persephone and the seasons; the story of Arachne; the many tasks of Heracles; Echo and Narcissus; Daedalus and Icarus; Bellerophon and the flying horse; Jason and the golden fleece; King Midas; the adventures of Perseus; the chariot of the sun; the adventures of Odysseus; Theseus and the Minotaur; Pygmalion and his wife; Eros and Psyche; Greek names.

Growing up on the Wirral and in Germany, Anna wrote plays about talking animals, and stories about naughty children, and drew on every available surface. After school, she did an Art Foundation course, then a degree in German Literature & Philosophy at Oxford University. In 1998 she found her perfect job at Usborne in London, writing about everything from curious penguins to trips to the Moon.

Recommended

• About the Greek myths; the gift of fire; Pandora's box; Persephone and the seasons; the story of Arachne; the many tasks of Heracles; Echo and Narcissus; Daedalus and Icarus; Bellerophon and the flying horse; Jason and the golden fleece; King Midas; the adventures of Perseus; the chariot of the sun; the adventures of Odysseus; Theseus and the Minotaur; Pygmalion and his wife; Eros and Psyche; Greek names.