Celia Rees

Celia Rees was born in Solihull, West Midlands, UK.  She studied History and Politics at Warwick University and then went on to teach English in city comprehensive schools for seventeen years. She now divides her time between writing, talking to readers in schools and libraries, and teaching creative writing.
She has written many books for older children and teenagers, in many different genre, and has become a leading writer for Young Adults with an international reputation. Her books have been translated into 28 languages. Her novels have been short listed for the Guardian, Whitbread and W.H. Smith Children's Book Awards in the UK, as well as numerous regional awards in the UK and America. Witch Child won the prestigious Prix Sorcieres in France in 2003, and was runner up for the Di Cento Prize in Italy, 2001. Her latest books are The Stone Testament, a dark fantasy, published by Scholastic UK, in October, 2007 and Sovay, a historical novel set at the time of the French Revolution, published by Bloomsbury Children's Books, June, 2008.
Celia lives in Leamington Spa, Warwickshire, with her husband, Terry. Her daughter, Catrin, now lives and works in London.