Fay Sampson

Fay Sampson, born June 10, 1935, in Plymouth, England, is a prolific British author of over 50 books, including children's novels, fantasy, crime, historical fiction, and non-fiction. She graduated in mathematics, taught for many years while beginning her writing career, and became a full-time writer in 1979 after early successes like her debut novel F.67. Shortlisted three times for the Guardian Children’s Fiction Prize, she has won the Barco de Vapor Award and CRT Fiction Book of the Year, and now lives in a Tudor cottage in mid-Devon with her husband Jack Priestley.