Judith Eagle is the critically acclaimed author of The Secret Starling, The Pear Affair, The Accidental Stowaway, The Stolen Songbird and The Great Theatre Rescue. Her books have been Waterstones Book of the Month and have been shortlisted for the Edward Stanford Children's Travel Book of the Year Award and the Young Quills Award for Best Historical Fiction. She lives in London with her family and her rescue cat, Stockwell.