Sarah Forbes

Sarah Forbes was born in Aberdeen and grew up in Stonehaven, though her mum is from beautiful Shetland, a place she doesn’t get to visit nearly enough.

Sarah started her career at DC Thomson in Dundee and is still a proud Dundee United fan! She then moved to London to work as a magazine journalist and book editor. Sarah was Fiction Editor at Scholastic Children’s Books and Senior Editor at Floris Books, and have written for Mizz, Bella, The Skinny, The Herald, The List and The Guardian. When she’s not writing, Sarah runs Lighthouse Literary (www.lighthouseliterary.co.uk.) and loves talking to kids and adults alike about reading, writing and the joy of making stuff up.

Sarah is the author of the Elspeth Hart books for 7-9 year olds: Elspeth Hart and the School for Show-offs, Elspeth Hart and the Perilous Voyage and Elspeth Hart and the Magnificent Rescue published by Stripes. Her children’s books are incredibly silly and full of stories about bratty school kids and disgusting dinner ladies.