Natasha Lowe knew as a child that she wanted to be either a writer, an adventurer, or to open a fancy teashop. So she did a little bit of everything, traveling from her native London to America where she ran The Tea House bed and breakfast and wowed guests with her grandmother s shortbread recipe. She lives in Massachusetts with her husband and four children. She is the author of two previous books in the Poppy Pendle series, "The Power of Poppy Pendle" and "The Courage of Cat Campbell".