Margaret Mayhew was born in London and her carliest childhood memories were of the London Vlitz. She began writing in her mid-thirties and had her first novel published in 1976. She is married to American aviation author, Philip Kaplan, and lives in Gloucestershire. Her previuos novels, Bluebirds, The Crew, The Little Ship, Our Yanks, The Pathfinder and Those in Peril, are published by Corgi.