Born in Hertfordshire in 1952, Louise Cooper describes herself as 'a typical scatterbrained Gemini'. She spent most of her school years writing stories when she should have been concentrating on lessons, and her first fantasy novel, The Book of Paradox, was published in 1973, when she was just twenty years old. Since then she has published more than 60 books for adults and children. Louise is a full-time writer and now lives in Cornwall with her husband.