About the Author

Elizabeth Wein, the author of Code Name Verity, didn't find immediate success. In fact, Code Name Verity was really the book that put this author on the map in terms of great literature. Before the great success of this book, Wein had written five other books set in Arthurian Britain and sixth century Ethiopia: The Winter Prince (2003), A Coalition of Lions (2003), The Sunbird (2004), The Lion Hunter (2007), and The Empty Kingdom (2008). Wein has since written Rose Under Fire, a novel that has been received with similar critical acclaim as Code Name Verity.

Wein was born in October 1964 in New York City. When she was just three years old, her family moved to England due to her father's job. Only three years later, when Wein was six, the family moved again to Jamaica. In 1973, Wein's parents divorced, and Wein moved to Harrisburg, Pennsylvania with her mother.

Wein studied at Yale University and later received her PhD in Folklore at the University of Philadelphia. It was in Philadelphia that Wein met her husband, Tim Gatland, at a bell-ringers dinner dance. The couple moved to Scotland in 2000. Wein got her pilot's license in 2003, and she has flown all over the world, including the United States, Kenya, England, and Scotland.

Elizabeth Wein's website is: www.elizabethwein.com