Gillian Philip

Gillian Philip was born in Glasgow, lived for 12 years in Barbados and now lives in the north of Scotland with her husband, twins, three dogs, two sociopathic cats, a slayer hamster, three chickens and a lot of nervous fish. As well as books under her own name, she writes as Erin Hunter (Survivors), Gabriella Poole (Darke Academy) and Adam Blade (Beast Quest). She has been writing all her life, but has also worked as a record store assistant, theatre usherette, barmaid, sales rep, political assistant, radio presenter, typesetter, and as a Celtic-Caribbean singer in Barbados. In 2001, when her children were born and she moved back to Scotland, she became a full-time writer of Young Adult fiction. Her website is at www.gillianphilip.com; she has a Facebook Author Page at www.facebook.com/gillianphilipauthor; and you can follow her on Twitter @Gillian_Philip.