Manon Steffan Ros was born Snowdonia and worked as an actress
before becoming a writer. She writes for adults and children and has won
the Wales Book of the Year for her adult fiction as well as being four-times winner of the Tir na N’Og Welsh children’s literature award. She has also won Eisteddfod and National Theatre Wales awards for her drama writing. She lives in north Wales with her two sons and baby daughter.

With The Blue Book of Nebo, Manon won the Yoto Carnegie Medal for Writing.