Joanna Nadin has had a varied and interesting career including writing John Prescott's parliamentary agony column??? and working as a Special Advisor to the Prime Minister. She left Downing Street in 2005 and is now a freelance government scriptwriter and writer. Joanna has previously written children's titles for Walker Books. Inspiration for her teen books came from her own tragically normal life in Saffron Walden. She now lives in Bath with her husband and daughter Amelia.