Tim Lott has written many books for adults including White City Blue (winner of the Whitbread First Novel Award), Rumours of a Hurricane (shortlisted for the Whitbread Novel Award), The Love Secrets of Don Juan, The Seymour Tapes and The Scent of Dried Roses (winner of the J. R. Ackerley Prize). Fearless (9781406308624) is his first novel for children and was longlisted for the Guardian Children's Fiction Prize in 2007. Tim lives in North London, NW10, with his partner and four daughters.

Visit Tim's website at www.timlott.co.uk