I was born in South Wales, the youngest of four children, two boys and two girls, but now I live at the very tip of England, in West Cornwall, as far as you can go. I'm married with 4 daughters but I have two sons-in-law and two baby grandsons as well, which evens up the gender imbalance in our family quite a bit.

I used to teach English and Drama but now I write full-time which is a lot easier! I do miss the fun of the classroom though, so I love to do festivals and visits to schools and libraries as I can get to talk to my readers.

My favourite things in life are my family, my friends, being out in the fresh air, walking on Cornish beaches and cliff-sides, visiting Australia where I lived for a while, swimming, cycling, reading, the theatre... oh, and writing, of course.

Writing is a constant source of amazement to me. I have an idea for a book and it's bowling along quite nicely, but then the characters take over and do things I haven't planned. You should see what Jem gets up to in "It's a 50/50 thing". Also, watch out for Eva in my latest book, "A Perfect 10", out in Autumn 2008.

Here we are together, the whole family. Yes, we do spend a lot of time on the beach, even in winter.

I suppose it's obvious I'm going to write about teenage girls when I had four of my own. Though I do write about boys too!

Appearing (November 2010)
Stockton (9th)
Gateshead (10th)

Author Website
Chris Higgins

Publisher
Hachette

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