Manon Steffan Ros was born in Snowdonia and worked as an actress before becoming a writer. She writes for adults and children and won the Yoto Carnegie Medal last year with The Blue Book of Nebo (Firefly, 2022). She also won the Wales Book of the Year for her adult fiction as well as being four-times winner of the Tir na n' Og Welsh children's literature award. She has also won Eisteddfod and National Theatre Wales awards for her drama writing. She lives in north Wales with her sons