About the Author

It was when she was swimming in the River Thames between Henley and Marlow on a beautiful English summer's morning that Elisabeth Galvin had the idea of a biography on Kenneth Grahame.

As a young child Elisabeth grew up in Bray, Berkshire, along the river from where Kenneth Grahame lived and wrote.

She read English and Classics at Durham University, and has lived (and swum) in four countries including Australia, Hong Kong and the United States. Returning home, the first place she found herself was by the River Thames at Richmond.