Vrinda Pendred originally grew up in Arizona, but moved to England in 1999, where she now lives with her husband and their two sons. Her first novel was The Ladder, a story about two friends learning to grow through their difficult childhoods and find the light that lies inside themselves. She followed this with the YA sci-fi / fantasy series The Wisdom. Vrinda also runs a publishing house for writers with neurological conditions, called Conditional Publications. Their first book, Check Mates: A Collection of Fiction, Poetry and Artwork about Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder, by People with OCD, was released in 2010 (e-book and paperback). In addition to her writing, Vrinda does freelance proofreading and editing, and previously tutored GCSE / A-Level English. In her free time, she loves books, music, languages, dance, singing, tarot and tea.