Joan Lennon was born in Canada and has lived in Scotland since 1978. Her first novel, THE BAD-TEMPERED DRAGON, was published by Scholastic in 1998. Joan has done a wide range of jobs in Europe, Australia and Canada – from ice-cream sundae constructor to summer camp leader to putzfrau at the Munich Olympics. She now divides her time between the demands of four tall sons, her piano pupils and her writing.

Andersen Press publishes Joan’s fantasy series for young readers, THE WICKIT CHRONICLES. The first book in the series was ELY PLOT (2007), which was shortlisted for the Lancashire School Library Service’s Fantastic Book Awards.

ELY PLOT was followed by more THE WICKIT CHRONICLES stories: FEN GOLD (2007) and ICE ROAD(2008) and WITCH BELL(2008).

The series was described in The Times as ‘absolutely delightful . . . written with humour, clarity and sympathy’.