title: Lucy Coats
text: # Lucy Coats
  
  Lucy Coats (born April 1961) is an English writer of picture books, poetry, stories and novels for children of all ages. Her speciality is retelling myths and legend from many cultures.
  
  ## Biography
  
  Lucy Coats was born in Hampshire, England. She grew up in the small country village of Dummer, and was sent to a boarding school in Kent. In 1979 she went to Edinburgh University where she graduated with an MA in English Literature and Ancient History. She worked as a children's book editor in London and New York, before becoming a full-time children's author. She is married with two children and lives in Northamptonshire.
  
  Coats's interests include reading, cooking, gardening and shamanism, and she is a member of the Order of Bards, Ovates and Druids (OBOD). As well as writing, she also visits schools, reading stories and hosting Celtic poetry workshops for children.
  
  