Karen Inglis is a bestselling children’s author of picture books, chapter books and middle grade novels. Her time travel adventure The Secret Lake has sold over half a million copies in English and is in translation in 11 languages. All her other titles have sold in their thousands. Return to the Secret Lake, Karen’s sequel to her bestseller, was shortlisted in the children’s categories for both the Wishing Shelf Book Awards (judged by UK primary school children) and the UK Selfies Awards. Karen has received traditional publishing offers over the years but has preferred to retain creative control over her work.