Anita Ganeri is an award-winning author of
children's information books. She has been a writer for 20 years, after
working in-house for Usborne Publishing and Walker Books. She
specialises in the natural world, religion and mythology but is always
looking for new challenges. Among her many titles are the best-selling
'Horrible Geography' series for Scholastic Children's Books which won
the Blue Peter Book Award for the Best Book with Facts in 2009 and the
Tivy Education Medal from the Royal Scottish Geographical Society for an
outstanding contribution to geographical education. Anita lives in
northern England with her husband, children, dogs and cat. She enjoys
reading, walking the Moors, playing tennis and dreaming of winning
Wimbledon.