Elizabeth Laird is the multi-award-winning author of several much-loved children's books, including The Prince Who Walked with Lions and Oranges in No Man's Land. She has been shortlisted for the prestigious CILIP Carnegie Medal for Jake's Tower, Red Sky in the Morning, Secret Friends, A Little Piece of Ground, The Garbage King and The Fastest Boy in the World. She lives in Britain now, but still likes to travel as much as she can.