Keith Gray was born and brought up in Grimsby and knew from an early age that he wanted to be a writer. He has twice been shortlisted for the Guardian Fiction Prize and was shortlisted for the Booktrust Teen Prize and the Scottish Arts Council Book Award. Keith was a judge for the Blue Peter Book Award, the Guardian Fiction Prize and the Kathleen Fidler Award. His award-winning novel The Ostrich Boys was recently adapted for theatre. He lives in Austria.