An acclaimed and award-winning author of books for both adults and children, Anne Fine was the second Waterstones Children’s Laureate holding the post from 2001 to 2003. Fine began writing in the 1970’s and since then has written more than seventy books for children of all ages as well as novels for adults. Amongst her best-known works are Goggle-Eyes, which won both the Guardian Children’s Fiction Prize and the coveted Carnegie Medal, Flour Babies, which also won the Carnegie, Madame Doubtfire, later adapted into the hit children’s film Mrs Doubtfire, and Bill’s New Frock. In 2003 Anne Fine was inducted as a Fellow of the Royal Society of Literature and was awarded an OBE.

"A charming and eventful story … I can guarantee that younger readers would be entertained and inspired" – The Letterpress Project"Anne Fine delivers a story full of warmth and wit and illustrator Vicki Gausden brings the action to life with a gallery of beautiful artwork … The perfect way to make reading fun for everyone!" – Lancashire Evening Post"Fun and imaginative" – Parents in Touch