Gemma McMullen is a freelance nonfiction author and experienced primary school teacher who is originally from Wales and now lives and works in Warwick. She completed a degree in English Literature from the University of Northampton and then a PGCE to become a qualified primary school teacher. Her first book was published in 2014 and since then she has been busy splitting her time between both writing and teaching. She has written more than 20 books on a variety of different subjects, from plants to the solar system, and she has become a much-loved children's author.