Kerry Drewery is the author of two highly acclaimed, more literary YA novels: A BRIGHTER FEAR, 2012 (which was Love Reading 4 Kids Book of the Month and shortlisted for the Leeds Book Award) and A DREAM OF LIGHTS, 2013 (which was nominated for the CILIP Carnegie Medal, awarded Highly Commended at the North East Teen Book Awards and shortlisted for the Hampshire Independent Schools Book Awards).

Both were published by HarperCollins in the UK and Callenbach in The Netherlands. Kerry is active in the YA world along with fellow YA author Emma Pass she recently organised a hugely successful UKYA Extravaganza at Birmingham Waterstone's, tickets for which sold out in less than 24hrs.

Before writing and teaching writing full-time she was a BookStart Co-ordinator for BookTrust. She was a finalist in a BBC ScriptWriting for Children competition and has a first class honours degree in Professional Writing. She lives in Lincolnshire.