Ann Turnbull believes in ghosts! She loves telling stories about people from the past that haunt the present.

Ann Turnbull started writing when she was six. By the time she was ten she had decided that she wanted to be a writer.

Ann worked as a secretary before training as a teacher, which she hated! She then went on a course about children's books, which inspired her to try writing herself.

Her first book was The Frightened Forest, published in 1974, and since then she has written over 25 books for children.

Ann loves circle dancing and exploring the countryside. She is particularly interested in local history and folklore. Pigeon Summer, No Friend of Mine and Room for a Stranger are set in Shropshire, where she now lives with her husband. She has two grown-up children.