Kirsty McKay

Kirsty trained as an actor at the Guildhall and enjoyed a varied and rewarding theatrical career playing Shakespeare, selling mobile phones and appearing as the Nesquik bunny. She co-founded and ran one of the UK's leading children's touring theatre companies and has written several plays and pantomimes which have been produced in the UK and North America. The Society of Children's Book Writers and Illustrators named her a winner of their search for new writers in 2008 and published her work in their inaugural anthology, Undiscovered Voices.

Originally from the north east of England and having spent most of her adult life in London, Kirsty is currently based in Boston, Massachusetts - which is much more difficult to spell. She lives with her husband and young daughter, who give her all her best ideas.

Her first novel The Undead was published by Chicken House in September 2011.

Praise for Kirsty Mckay:

‘Kirsty McKay has written a sassy and pacy teen zombie thriller in which the dialogue is as raw as the monsters’ The Telegraph

'A kick-ass teen-action-zombie fest. Fast, furious, freaky, funny and seriously sick. Oh, and did I mention it kicks ass?' Charlie Higson - award-winning author of The Enemy and The Dead