Maggie Pearson has held a variety of jobs including being a barmaid, librarian and freelance journalist, and she now pursues a career as a highly successful children's writer. Her first novel, Owl Light, was short-listed for the WH Smith Mind-Boggling Books Award and her more recent Shadow of the Beast was long-listed for the Carnegie Medal. Maggie is a lover of books, cryptic crosswords, going to the theatre and foreign travel.

A stunning selection of folk tales and legends about things that go bump in the night. A wide variety of traditional stories from all over the world, ranging from magical to farcical, unnerving to terrifying. Delightfully illustrated in paper-cut style by Francesca Greenwood.