Amber Lee Dodd is an award-winning children’s author and short-story writer. Her work includes the critically acclaimed novels We Are Giants, Lightning Chase Me Home and The Thirteenth Home of Noah Bradley. Her debut novel, We Are Giants, was nominated for over ten awards, winning the Calderdale Book of the Year award and shortlisting for the Branford Boase first book award. Her second novel, Lightning Chase Me Home was chosen as a Booktrust book of the month and featured in The Guardian as one of the best new children’s books of 2019 for independent bookshop week. Her latest novel, The Thirteenth Home of Noah Bradley has also been nominated for several awards. Her short fiction for adults has been published internationally in various publications and broadcast on BBC Radio 4. She lives in Glasgow and is working on a new novel.