Martha Mayhem Goes Nuts!

Joanne Owen was born in Pembrokeshire, Wales and read Archaeology and Anthropology with Social and Political Sciences at St Johns College, Cambridge. She is the author of several esteemed books for children and young adults, among them the Martha Mayhem series and the Carnegie Medal and Branford Boase-nominated Puppet Master. Alongside writing for children, Joanne is an Editorial Expert for book review site www.lovereading.co.uk, a publishing marketing professional, and an occasional travel writer for Rough Guides and Insight Guides.

Amy trained at the Oxford School of Drama. Her theatre credits include: Flat 73, Connie’s Colander, Collider, In the Footsteps of the Mitfords, Twelfth Night, Great Expectations, The House of Bernarda Alba and The Yellow Wallpaper. Her radio drama experience includes From Russia with Lust and Paradise Misplaced (Type O Productions), and Sounds Like This (CBeebies). She has also narrated the audiobooks for the Poppy Pym series, as well as Return to the Secret Garden and co-runs the Oxford-based Human Story Theatre.