Maureen Duffy was born in Sussex and is a poet, playwright, novelist and biographer. She has published forty books and sixteen plays. She is the President of the Authors Licensing and Copyright Society, and Vice President of the Royal Society of Literature. She is London President of the British Copyright Council, and a
Fellow of King’s College London. She was made a D.Litt. by Loughborough University and the University of Kent for services to literature and equality law. Sadie and the Sea Dogs is her first book for children. Duffy lives in London.
www.maureenduffy.co.uk
