Jenny Nimmo was born on the 15th January 1944 in England. Jenny Nimmo is a British author well known for children fantasy books, adventure novels and picture books. Jenny's dad died when Jenny was only 5 years old. She worked for BBC and part of the time there, she was adapting other writers stories. Jenny's first book was called, "The Bronze Trumpeter" published in 1975. That year, Jenny married David Wynn Milword, a Welsh artist and illustrator. Jenny has 3 children, 2 girls and 1 boy. They help their mum (Jenny) come up with ideas for her books. Some of Jenny's books are: Midnight for Charlie Bone, The Time Twister, The Blue Boa, The Castles of Mirrors and heaps more. They all belong to a series called Children of the Red King also known as the Charlie Bone series.

