Manjeet Mann is a multi-award-winning author, playwright, screenwriter, and actress. Her debut YA novel, Run Rebel, was shortlisted for the Carnegie Medal and won the CILIP Carnegie Shadowers’ Choice Award, along with several other accolades. Her second novel, The Crossing, won the Costa Children’s Book Award, among other honours, and was also shortlisted for the Carnegie Medal, the Waterstones Children’s Book Prize, and the YA Book Award. Manjeet also writes picture books, including Small’s Big Dream, which won the Readers’ Choice Award at the Diverse Book Awards. She adapted Run Rebel for the stage with Pilot Theatre, earning Best Production at the Off West End Stage Awards. Manjeet lives in Scotland.