Angela Royston has written manynon-fiction books for primary and middle school children. They includebooks on the environment, animals and the human body as well as oninventions and space travel. Recent books include Floods and Hurricanes & Tornadoes in a series on Wild Weather for QED and Asthma and Down's Syndromefor Hachette Children's Books. She was born in Yorkshire inEngland, but grew up in Stranraer, a small town in south-west Scotland.