Liz Flanagan is an award-winning author whose previous books were for children and young adults. When We Were Divided is her first novel for adults. She teaches Creative Writing in many different settings, and previously worked as a book editor and as Centre Director for Arvon at Ted Hughes’s former home, Lumb Bank. She lives in Hebden Bridge, West Yorkshire, with her family and pets, and loves to walk in the beautiful landscape of her home town.