Once Upon a Timeless Tale Collection: Volume 2: Volume 2

Margrete Lamond was born in Norway and moved to Australia with her family when she was eight. She started writing stories at the age of five and had her first work published before she finished school. She moved to Nimbin, where she lived for fourteen years, writing non-fiction books and many plays, articles and short stories for children. She now lives in Roseville, NSW, and works in book publishing.

A veteran of stage and screen, award-winning actress Miriam Margolyes has achieved success on both sides of the Atlantic. Miriam won the BAFTA for Best Supporting Actress in 1993 for The Age of Innocence and a Sony Radio Award for Best Actress on Radio in 1993 for her unabridged recording of Oliver Twist. She was the voice of the Matchmaker in Mulan and Fly, the mother dog, in Babe. Miriam played Professor Sprout in the film of Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets and Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows. Miriam is also the beloved narrator of many audiobooks and has been selected as one of AudioFile magazine's Golden Voices.