'Exciting and unpredictable... You won't be able to put it down. History has never been so fun!' (The Pale Assassin) -- Bliss magazine, July 2009 'An involving and well-researched novel' (The Pale Assassin) -- Write Away website 'a dramatic romantic thriller' (The Pale Assassin) -- Lovereading4kids website

Patricia Elliott was born in London, but grew up in Europe and the Far East. A voracious reader since childhood 'where she had the resources of ten different school libraries', she also made up ghost stories to scare her friends! As an adult, she worked in publishing in London and in a children's bookshop in New York. She has taught a course in children's literature at an adult education college, and is writing further novels. She lives in Suffolk with her husband, in an old vicarage behind a church. Her first book, The Ice Boy, won the Fidler Award for a first novel, was shortlisted for the Branford Boase Award and the West Sussex award. Her second novel, Murkmere, was longlisted for the Guardian Children's Fiction Award.