Alison Norrington was born in 1969 in Essex.

She has written Class Act (Poolbeg, 2003) which was an Irish #4 bestseller, Look Before You Leap (Poolbeg, 2004) and Three of a Kind (Poolbeg, 2005) which hit number 11 in the Irish bestseller charts.

She grew up in Brentwood, Essex but lives between Wexford, Ireland and Essex - and has done this for the last 15 years.

Alison has written numerous articles for Irish media, The Irish Star, Irish Tatler, Evening Herald and has appeared on Irish national television twice to discuss her books, 'ireland am' on channel TV3, and 'Open House' on RTE.

She is currently working on her 4th novel.