Ele Fountain
Ele Fountain worked as an editor in children's publishing, where she was responsible for launching and nurturing the careers of many prize-winning and bestselling authors including Angie Sage, Philip Reeve and Sarah Crossan. She lived in Addis Ababa for several years, where she was inspired to write her debut novel Boy 87, and initially submitted the book under a pseudonym as her name was well-known in the world of children's literature. Ele Fountain now lives in what she describes as a 'not quite falling-down house' in Hampshire with her husband and two young daugters.