Anne-Marie Conway is a primary school teacher specializing in drama, but also runs her own children's theatre company, Full Circle. She lives in London with her husband, two young sons and two eccentric cats, Betty and Boo. Anne-Marie has written a number of humorous sketches which have been performed by her theatre company, but Phoebe Finds Her Voice, shortlisted for the inaugural Times/Chicken House Children's Fiction Competition, is her first novel.