Mikka Haugaard was born in Denmark. She studied Classics at Cambridge. She has taught Classics and Psychology in secondary schools and is a lecturer in Classics at the Open University. She has had two novels published, Gabriel's Bureau (Dedalus 2005) and The Dream Maker ( Dedalus 2008). ' Haugaard writes with wit ,flair and invention.' The Independent.Mikka has visited many hundreds of schools doing creative writing workshops.