Heather Ogden lives with her family, a wife and mother of two boys, in the east of England. She makes animations with children at her local school. In her college years, she spent a year practically living in a library (occasionally she went to college). Her story writing took off when she moved to a different college and learnt how to touch type on the computer. So much easier than using a pen and paper. She spent her break times at that college writing humorous short stories, but was not sure anybody would actually want to read them. They were a bit wacky. Although her friend liked them, that was not enough to persuade her to do it as a career. As she had always been talented at art and design, she went on to university where she collected a BA degree in Graphic Design (with an animation specialism). It wasn't until later in her life, when she had kids of her own, that she thought about becoming an author again. Reading books with them made her want to write her own children's fiction. In addition, she can bring stories to life with her own illustrations. Double the fun- I mean hard work!