She grew up in
Nottingham, and studied English Literature at
Leeds University. After graduating, she lived in
London for a few years and worked in the publishing industry. Mongredien also worked with
BBC and lived for some time in
Brighton. She now lives in
Bath with her family. Her first book,
Any Way You Want Me, was published by Pan Macmillan in 2007. She has sold 907,678 print books in the UK for £4.2m, according to Nielsen BookScan. In 2021, after 14 years with
Pan MacMillan, Mongredien moved to
Quercus. including books in
The Sleepover Club series, the
Rainbow Magic series, the
Oliver Moon series, and the Captain Cat series. ==Bibliography ==