"I began telling stories about the civil rights movement to our students, and one day a parent, who happened to be a published author, heard me and said, 'You should write this down.'" —Paula Young Shelton
Paula Young Shelton
I was born in New York City, during an explosive time in American history, the 1960s. One day, my parents were watching the news on TV and saw black and white students being beaten for riding the bus together. When my parents saw this they knew right away that it was time for them to go back to the South and fight for civil rights for all. I was not even a year old when we moved to Atlanta, Georgia.
What I remember most about growing up in Atlanta...
Lauren has been described in the press as both the Dorothy Parker and the Betty Boop of the British crime novel.
Lauren Henderson
Lauren Henderson was born in London and went to North London Collegiate School (the model for Wakefield Hall in the Scarlett Wakefield series) and then to St. Paul’s Girls School (the model for St. Tabby’s). She went on to study English Literature at Cambridge University. Lauren worked as a journalist for newspapers and music magazines before moving to Tuscany to write books...
