Keris Stainton was born in Canada, and brought up on the Wirral.

As a freelance journalist, Keris has written for publications as diverse as Practical Parenting, Scarlet and The Daily Express, and edited the women's book site, Trashionista, for two years.

In 2005 she gave up her job as an administrator in Corporate Recovery and Personal Insolvency (which is exactly as exciting as it sounds) to write full time.

Her first novel, Della Says: OMG! was published by Orchard Books in 2010 and her second, Jessie *hearts* NYC was published in 2011. Emma *Hearts* LA will come out in summer 2012.

She lives in the Ribble Valley with her husband and two young sons, who make her laugh every day. Sometimes intentionally.