Margarita Morris was born in Harrogate, North Yorkshire. She studied Modern Languages at Jesus College, Oxford and then worked in computing for eleven years before leaving to work with her husband on their internet business. She enjoys writing historical based fiction set in interesting places, such as Berlin which she first visited at the age of 19. When she's not writing she enjoys singing with an Oxford chamber choir and working in the garden. She lives in Oxfordshire with her husband and two sons.