Gilly grew up in a small village in rural Berkshire and had the kind of childhood that allowed her to roam the fields and woods around her home without supervision.
She has three grown up daughters and now lives in Cornwall with her husband John. This is her first book.
Nine-year-old Nell and her six-year-old brother Charlie live in Cornwall and they have a teacher who believes in fairies. And very soon they will, too, because something has to be put right.