The Battle of the Bookshops

Poppy Alexander  is the author of The Littlest Library, Storybook Ending, and 25 Days ’ Til Christmas. She wrote her first book when she was five. There was a long gap in her writing career while she was at school, and after studying classical music at university, she decided the world of music was better off without her and took up public relations, campaigning, political lobbying, and a bit of journalism instead. She takes an anthropological interest in family, friends, and life in her West Sussex village (think  The Archers  crossed with  Twin Peaks), where she lives with her husband, children, and various other pets.