M. A. Bennett is half Venetian and was born in Manchester, England, and raised in the Yorkshire Dales. She is a history graduate of Oxford University and the University of Venice, where she specialised in the study of Shakespeare’s plays as a historical source. After university she studied art and has since worked as an illustrator, an actress and a film reviewer. She also designed tour visuals for rock bands, including U2 and the Rolling Stones. She was married on the Grand Canal in Venice and lives in north London with her husband, son and daughter. Her first YA novel, S.T.A.G.S., was published in 2017, shortlisted for the YA BOOK PRIZE 2018 and won the Great Reads ‘Most Read’ 2018 Senior Award. D.O.G.S., the second in the world of STAGS, followed in 2019.
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