Dakota Douglas was born in the North East of England and grew up with princesses, pirates, mermaids, talking animals and fairies - wonderful characters plucked from her colourful imagination. From being very young, she wanted to be a writer and this led her into the world of newspaper reporting where she met real-life princesses and super heroes. As a news hound, she wrote thousands of stories and is now following her childhood dream of being an author. She loves to write modern fantasy children’s stories packed with action and adventure for 8-12-year-olds. When not pounding on her keyboard, she's usually out and about wearing her invisibility cape so she can people watch and get ideas for future stories.