Megan Hopkins is a Northern Irish writer who grew up in Belfast, Stuttgart, Chesterfield and Nairobi, and now lives in Kent, England, with her husband and two young children. A secondary school English teacher with an MA in English Literature and Creative Writing from the Open University, she is the author of the Starminster trilogy, children's fantasy novels centred on themes of flight, magic and adventure; the first book, Starminster, was shortlisted for Foyles Book of the Year 2024.