About the Author

Using her experience as a primary and secondary school teacher, Maria Raithatha co-wrote BBA and Proud which won an Edinburgh Fringe First in 2000 and then the children's TV series My Life as a Popat which won a BAFTA in 2005. Today Maria teaches Science and Maths at one of England's top prep schools. She is hugely passionate about combining her skill as a writer and her strong Christian faith to write thought-provoking fiction that can be read by both children and adults.