Veronica Bennett is a children's novelist. She previously worked part-time as an English Lecturer and now writes fiction full-time. She graduated from University College, Cardiff in 1975 with an Honors degree in English. She began her writing career as a freelance journalist, but soon moved into fiction. Her first book, Monkey, was published in 1998 and was acclaimed by The Times Educational Supplement as "an impressively well-written and audacious debut".Times Educational Supplement, 13 November 1998, review of Monkey, p. 79; 11 August 2000, review of The Boy-Free Zone, p. 22. Veronica Bennett is married with two children, and currently resides in Middlesex.

Bibliography Monkey (1998) The Boy-free Zone (1999) Dandelion and Bobcat (2000) Fish Feet (2002) Angelmonster (2005) Cassandra's Sister (2006) Shakespeare's Apprentice (2007)

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