The Golden Bird

Berlie Doherty writes novels, plays, stories, poetry and opera libretti for adults and children of all ages, and is translated into over twenty languages. She has written over 60 books, including her best-selling Street Child and much-loved Blue John. Several of her novels have been dramatised for radio, television and the stage. She has won many awards including the Carnegie Medal twice (Dear Nobody and Granny was a Buffer Girl), and the Writers’ Guild award twice. (Dear Nobody and Daughter of the Sea), received a Boston Globe-Horn Honor, and was nominated for the Astrid Lindgren award. She has received an Honorary Doctorate and has travelled the world speaking at literature festivals. Her subjects cover many different genres, from folk and fairy tales, ghost stories and love stories, fantasy and historical fiction to enduring contemporary family novels. She was born in Liverpool and now lives in the Derbyshire Peak District.