Liz Flanagan grew up in Hebden Bridge in Yorkshire and moved back to her home town when she had children, so her family could grow up in the beautiful landscape of her childhood  The surrounding area, hills and valleys is a huge inspiration for her work as is her love of animals. She has loved animals since she was very young. She and her family fostered cats and kittens and got to know and understand all their different personalities and needs. The experience of fostering animals during the Covid pandemic years was an inspiration for her latest successful Wildsmith series of books which have won and been shortlisted for numerous awards including the Week Junior Awards, the Stockport Book Awards and the UKLA Book Award.

Liz loves doing school visits and talking to children and young people about creativity. She ran the Lumb Bank, The Ted Hughes Arvon Centre for several years. Liz’s books include the best-selling Wildsmith series (UCLan) the Dragon Daughter trilogy recently re-published, and her teen novel, Eden Summer published by David Fickling Books. Her first adult novel will be published in 2025 by UCLan.