Moira Young is from Vancouver on the west coast of Canada. She moved to the UK to attend drama school, and a performing career that began on London's alternative comedy circuit took her to the West End as a tap-dancing chorus girl.

After retraining in opera, she sang at venues in Canada, the UK and Europe before moving to Bath and becoming a full-time writer.

She is the author of the Dustlands trilogy, now published in over 30 countries. Her debut novel, Blood Red Road, first in the trilogy, won the 2011 Costa Children's Book Award and was optioned for film by Ridley Scott.