Meet the author

Natasha Farrant.

Writer · United Kingdom

Natasha Farrant: Costa-winning author of warm, wild outdoor adventures like The Children of Castle Rock and Wolf Rock, big-hearted stories with real emotional weight for ages 9–12.

Natasha Farrant is a British children's author whose warm, wild adventure stories carry real emotional weight. She won the Costa Children's Book Award in 2020 for Voyage of the Sparrowhawk, and her much-loved outdoor adventures include The Children of Castle Rock and its companion The Children of Wolf Rock, set at a remote Highland boarding school where misfit friends find their feet in the landscape and in each other. Farrant writes for readers of nine and up, threading friendship, resilience and the healing pull of nature through stories that handle difficult subjects, bullying, absent parents, family control, with a sure, gentle hand. Translated into many languages, she is a dependable choice for children who love big-hearted adventure with genuine feeling beneath the excitement.