Before she could walk, Gill Lewis was discovered force-feeding bread to a sick hedgehog under the rose bushes. Now her stories reflect her passion for wild animals in wild places. She draws inspiration from many of the people she has had the fortune to meet during her work as a vet, both at home and abroad. She lives in Somerset with her young family and a motley crew of pets. Gill's first novel, Sky Hawk, has won or been nominated for a total of twenty-three book awards to date, including the Waterstones Children's Book Prize, the Red House Children's Book Award, and the CILIP Carnegie Medal. Her second novel, White Dolphin, published in May 2012 to huge critical acclaim.