Kate Long was born in 1964 and raised in
Blackrod, a village between
Wigan and
Bolton, in 2004, was serialized on
BBC Radio Four's
Book at Bedtime and nominated for a British Book Award. The film rights were bought by Ruby Films and
ITV produced the TV version in February 2007 which starred
Catherine Tate. Since then she has written eight other novels:
Swallowing Grandma, As well as novels, Long has written for
BBC Wildlife Magazine, collaborated with Hugh Warwick, Melissa Harrison and Carolyn Jess-Cooke on their collections of non-fiction essays, and had short stories published in ''
Woman's Own, Woman & Home, the Sunday Express magazine and the Sunday Night Book Club'' anthology. Her latest book,
Boost Creative Writing Confidence at KS2, is a guide on how to teach creative writing to children. She blogs weekly about how to engage children with exciting, accessible poetry and stories. ==References==