Susan Quinn was born in Manchester but has travelled the world by way of South Africa and Australia. As a child her favourite place was Dymocks Bookstore in Sydney which was where her passion for books started. After becoming a children’s librarian and returning to England, Susan had a number of plays and short stories published. However, her dream was always to be a children’s writer and her first children’s book, ***Little Bear and the Butterflies***, was published by QED in 2014.