Kita Mitchell

Kita wrote and illustrated her first work, Cindersmella, at the age of six. It was swiftly and cruelly rejected by publishers. The sequels, Repunsmell and Mouldilocks, were equally badly received. Disheartened, she became an animator - but the feeling she should write for children never went away.

Many years later, Kita graduated from the Bath Spa MA in Writing for Young People, and her first book, the award winning Grandma Dangerous and the Dog of Destiny, was published in 2018. She has been writing ever since.

Kita lives in Oxfordshire with four daughters and a hamster.