OLIVER TWIST

Mary Sebag-Montefiore is a best-selling children's author, whose re-tellings of classics have been published all over the world. She is the author of over 25 books and has adapted everything from Dickens to 'War and Peace'. She has also published articles on children's books academically and in the national press, and for adults, is the author of 'Women Writers of Children's Classics'. "Mary Sebag-Montefiore's retellings...are perhaps the best - well-written and dramatic" The Telegraph