SALLY SPEDDING was born in Porthcawl and studied Sculpture at Manchester and St. Martin's, London. Having won an international short story competition, she was approached by an agent and in 2001, Wringland, set in haunted Fen country, was published in a two-book deal with Pan Macmillan. The Yellowhammer's Cradle, her tenth chiller, was published in 2016. Her short stories and poetry have been widely published and won major awards, and when not writing, she enjoys researching hidden aspects of Wales and France. Sally lives in Carmarthenshire and is married to the painter, Jeffrey Spedding. Their bolthole in the eastern Pyrenees has, for many years, provided yet more inspiration. www.sallyspedding.com