Gwyneth Rees is half Welsh and half English and was brought up in Scotland. She is a qualified child and adolescent psychiatrist and has worked in various places, including Birmingham and London. The author of Mermaids, Fairy Dust, Fairy Treasure, The Mum Hunt (winner of the Younger Novel category at the Red House Children's Book Awards 2004), and My Mum's from Planet Pluto, Gwyneth is now writing full-time. She lives in London with two cats.