Gaye Hicyilmaz

Gaye's first book AGAINST THE STORM (Viking) was shortlisted for the Whitbread Award and was runner-up for the Guardian Children's Book Award. THE FROZEN WATERFALL (Faber) was shortlisted for the Guardian and the Smarties Awards and won the Writer's Guild Children's Fiction Award. She spent many years in Turkey and Switzerland and now lives with her husband on the Pembrokeshire coast. She has four grown-up children.