About the Author

Helen Bailey was born in Newcastle-upon-Tyne in 1964. She spent more than three decades living and working in London and has written and published over twenty books of short stories, picture books and young-adult fiction, including the successful series of teenage novels: The Crazy World of Electra Brown. Together with her late husband, she ran one of London's leading character licensing agency handling such internationally renowned properties as Snoopy, Nintendo, Rugrats and The Simpsons, later forming the company which launched the publishing phenomenon, Felicity Wishes.