Ann Pilling was brought up in Warrington, Cheshire and many of her books are set in the industrial North West. After reading English at London University, she taught in Buckinghamshire then sent some time in America before returning to England and settling eventually in Oxford. She is married with two sons. Ann has been writing books for children since ... Read more1983. Her first published novel was Black Harvest, the first in a series of five ghost stories. Among her many titles are several novels of contemporary life including Henry's Leg, which won the 1986 Guardian Award and was subsquently televised. Whenever possible, Ann retreats to the Yorkshire Dales which she calls `the country of my heart'. Show Less