Elizabeth Laird

Elizabeth Laird is the multi-award-winning author of several beloved children's books, including The Garbage King, The Prince Who Walked with Lions, and The Fastest Boy in the World. Her most recent novel, Welcome to Nowhere, was published to huge critical acclaim and shortlisted for the Scottish Teenage Book Prize, as well as the Books Are My Bag YA Award. Elizabeth has been shortlisted for the prestigious CILIP Carnegie Medal six times. She lives in Britain now, but still likes to travel as much as she can.