Sheila Rance

Sheila grew up by the sea. She now lives in a land-locked village at the foot of the South Downs in Sussex, but when the west wind blows, the roar of traffic on a distant motorway sounds like the sea. This is probably why her debut childrens book Sun Catcher, a magical reality adventure, starts among troglodytes who live and harvest seaweed at the edge of the ocean in a mythical Bronze Age.