Tanya Landman runs Storybox Theatre, a touring puppet theatre for children, with her husband Rod Burnett. She is the author of the junior novel Walking Merlin (978-1-4063-0250-9) and its sequel Merlin's Apprentice (978-1-4063-0201-1); two novels about William Popidopolis, The World's Bellybutton (978-1-4063-0089-5) and The Kraken Snores (978-1-4063-0706-1); and a series for younger children, Flotsam and Jetsam (978-1-84428-119-0), Flotsam and Jetsam and the Stormy Surprise (978-1-4063-0280-6) and Flotsam and Jetsam and the Grooof (978-1-4063-0705-4). She has also written two novels for teenagers, Apache (978-1-4063-0331-5) and The Goldsmith's Daughter (978-1-4063-0707-8). Tanya has two children and lives in Devon.