Gillian Shields

Gillian Shields is the author of over thirty books for children and teenagers. She studied English at Cambridge and acting in London, then worked for several years in a drama school. Gillian now lives in Sussex and has a son and daughter, a wonderful husband and a very naughty dog. Her picture books include BEN AND GRAN AND THE WHOLE WIDE WONDERFUL WORLD, (Macmillan) THE PERFECT BEAR and DOGFISH (Simon and Schuster). She is also the author of the young fiction series MERMAID SOS (Bloomsbury), about a group of magical mermaids who work to protect the sea and its creatures. Her books have been translated into many languages including French, German, Italian, Korean, Finnish, Spanish, Catalan, Greek and Japanese.