Alison Prince is an established author of children's books and was joint-winner of the Guardian Prize in 1996, sharing it with Philip Pullman! She also writes poetry and won the Literary Review Annual Poetry Prize in 1997.She has recently published a biography of Hans Christian Andersen, the research for which entailed her learning Danish.Alison lives on the Isle of Arran, Scotland.

Alison Prince is an established author of children's books and was joint-winner of the Guardian Prize in 1996, sharing it with Philip Pullman! She also writes poetry and won the Literary Review Annual Poetry Prize in 1997.She has recently published a biography of Hans Christian Andersen, the research for which entailed her learning Danish.Alison lives on the Isle of Arran, Scotland.

Alison Prince is an established author of children's books and was joint-winner of the Guardian Prize in 1996, sharing it with Philip Pullman! She also writes poetry and won the Literary Review Annual Poetry Prize in 1997.She has recently published a biography of Hans Christian Andersen, the research for which entailed her learning Danish.Alison lives on the Isle of Arran, Scotland.