Lauren St John was born in December 1966 in Gatooma,
Rhodesia (now
Kadoma, Zimbabwe). When she was eleven, St John and her family moved to a nature reserve called Rainbow End's farm in
Gadzema. It was later the focus of her memoir, ''Rainbow's End'' and many of her children's books are influenced by the nature reserve in which she grew up. After studying journalism in
Harare St John moved to
London where she was the golf correspondent for
The Sunday Times for almost a decade. In 2011, St John won the
Blue Peter Book of the Year Award for her book ''Dead Man's Cove
, about an eleven year old girl called Laura Marlin who becomes a detective. It is the first in a series of books. Dead Man's Cove'' was also shortlisted for a
Galaxy National Book Award for Children's Book of the Year. As well as writing, St John has also done work with the wildlife charity,
Born Free Foundation. She became involved after contacting the Foundation while she was running a school conservation project called Animals Are Not Rubbish in 2009.
Children's fiction Early Readers series • ''Shumba's Big Adventure'' (2013) •
Anthony Ant Saves the Day (2015) •
A Friend for Christmas (2016) •
Mercy and the Hippo (2017)
Animal Healer series •
The White Giraffe (2006) •
Dolphin Song (2007) •
The Last Leopard (2008) • ''The Elephant's Tale'' (2009) •
Operation Rhino (2015)
Laura Marlin mysteries • ''Dead Man's Cove'' (2010) •
Kidnap in the Caribbean (2011) •
Kentucky Thriller (2012) •
Rendezvous in Russia (2013) •
The Midnight Picnic (2014) •
The Secret of Supernatural Creek (2017)
Wolfe and Lamb Mysteries •
Kat Wolfe Investigates (2018) •
Kat Wolfe Takes the Case (2019) •
Kat Wolfe on Thin Ice (2021)
Stand-alone novels •
The Snow Angel (2017) •
Wave Riders (2022)
Young adult fiction The One Dollar Horse series •
The One Dollar Horse (2012) •
Race the Wind (2013) •
Firestorm (2014)
Stand-alone books •
The Glory (2015)
Adult fiction and non-fiction Fiction •
The Obituary Writer (2013)
Non-fiction • ''Rainbow's End: A Memoir of Childhood, War and an African Farm'' (2007) •
Hardcore Troubador: The Life and Near Death of Steve Earle (2002) ==References==