Charlotte Moore was born in 1959. She read English at St Anne's College, Oxford, and history of art at Birkbeck College, London. She has published three novels, Promises Past, Martha's Ark and My Sister Victoria; a highly-praised account of her life with her two autistic sons, George and Sam, based on a column she wrote for the Guardian; as well as three biographies for children of Florence Nightingale, Elizabeth I and William the Conqueror.