Sharon Tregenza was born and grew up in Penzance, Cornwall. She is a British author of children's books, stories and verse. Tregenza's work, often described as mystery with a touch of magic, has been published and broadcast worldwide. Tregenza travelled widely with her husband and two children living for many years in Cyprus, Dubai and Sharjah where she worked in the library of the American school of Dubai and then taught conversational English to local girls before returning to the United Kingdom to study at the University of Bristol. After moving to Pembrokeshire she completed her MA in Creative Writing at the University of Wales ? Trinity St David and more recently acquired a second MA in Writing for Young People at Bath Spa University. She is a member of The Scattered Authors Society, The Society of Children?s Book Writers and Illustrators and the Children?s Book Insider. Tregenza now lives, and writes, in a lovely converted chapel in the village of Box just outside of the historic city of Bath. [More at Wikipedia]

June 14th, 1951 in Cornwall (Age 73)