F E (Fiona) Higgins is a first time author, who has been described as
“a rising star” of children’s literature, and mum of a four-year-old
daughter
Before becoming a full-time writer, she trained as a
teacher and taught in Primary Schools in London until the year 2000;
other jobs including starting a home Internet business followed. Fiona
had a number of shorter stories published and produced several
full-length books which didn’t get published.
Her first book,
“The Black Book of Secrets” has been published to great acclaim and has
been nominated for the prestigious Waterstone’s Children’s Book Prize.
