Welcome to my website! I hope that everyone who visits will enjoy finding out more about my books for children, young adults and adults. Please email me to let me know your thoughts and opinions. I'm always happy to hear from my readers. I'll be writing a bi-monthly newsletter for the site and it's here that you'll be able to find details of forthcoming events and publications. I also write about what I've been reading and what I think of it. On the bibliography page you can see some of my more recent books listed and the links page will lead you to other interesting websites.

A short biographical note: I was born in Jerusalem in 1944 and spent my early childhood in many different countries because my father was in the Colonial Service. Before I was eleven, I'd lived in Cyprus, Nigeria, and North Borneo and later my parents were also sent to the Gambia and Tanganyika (now Tanzania) where I used to join them for summer holidays. I went to boarding-school in England (Roedean School, Brighton) in 1955 and went on to read French and Spanish at St. Hilda's College, Oxford. I graduated in 1966.

I've been an actress and singer and a teacher of French in a girls' school in Manchester before becoming a full-time writer in 1976. Since then, I've published more than ninety books for children and young adults.I've written four novels for adults, all published by Orion. These are: Facing the Light, Hester's Story, Made in Heaven and A Hidden Life.

I've lived in Manchester for 40 years. I'm married to Norman Geras and we have two grown-up daughters and three grandchildren.

My email address is adele @ adelegeras . com

Portrait of Adele Geras © Bernadette Delaney