Menna van Praag

Menna van Praag is an English novelist and writing educator born in Cambridge. She studied Modern History at Balliol College, Oxford. Before becoming a full-time writer, she worked as a waitress for a decade and as a script reader and editor for BBC Film and Television. She is known for her magical realism novels, many of which are set in Cambridge, and her fantasy trilogy, The Sisters Grimm. She also teaches creative writing at the University of Cambridge and Anglia Ruskin University.