Karen McCombie is the bestselling authorof over 80 books for children and teenagers,including the series Ally's World, Angels NextDoor and You, Me and Thing, and has soldover 1 million books worldwide. Beforebecoming an author she worked for teenmagazines such as J17 and Sugar. Originallyfrom Scotland, she lives in London with herhusband, young daughter and assorted cats, who all give herinspiration for her books, whether they like it or not.