Jenny Nimmo worked at the BBC for a number of years, ending in a spell as a director/adaptor for Jackanory. Her many books for children include The Stone Mouse, Highly Commended for the Carnegie Medal and broadcast on BBC TV, and The Owl Tree, winner of the 1997 Smarties Book Prize. Her well-known trilogy, comprising The Snow Spider (winner of the Smarties Book Prize), Emlyn's Moon and The Chestnut Soldier, has been made into a television series. She lives in a converted watermill in Wales with her family.