Brian Conaghan was born and raised in the Scottish town of Coatbridge but now lives in Dublin. He has a Master of Letters in Creative Writing from the University of Glasgow. For many years Brian worked as a teacher and taught in Scotland, Italy and Ireland. His novels include The Boy Who Made it Rain, When Mr Dog Bites, shortlisted for the 2015 Carnegie Medal, and The Bombs That Brought Us Together, shortlisted for the 2016 Costa Children’s Book Award.