Steven Loveridge is the author of The Palace Library, first in a series of children's books for 8-12 year olds about three children who discover a hidden library full of magical books. Steven is 46 and lives in Dorset in England with his wife and their young children, a cocker spaniel called Bella, a horse and several ponies. Steven read history at Pembroke College, Cambridge. He still believes that all libraries have magical books in them somewhere.