EMMA CARROLL is a secondary-school English teacher. She has also worked as a news reporter, an avocado picker and the person who punches holes into Filofax paper. She recently graduated with distinction from Bath Spa University’s MA in Writing For Young People. Frost Hollow Hall is Emma’s debut novel. Told in the distinctive voice of Tilly Higgins, it was inspired by a winter’s day from Emma’s childhood. Currently, Emma is working on her second novel, set in a Victorian circus. Emma lives in the Somerset hills with her husband and two terriers.