Author: Dinah Dean
Alternate names: Jane Hunt; Marjorie May
Born: 28 November 1928
Died: 21 June 2009
Bio: Dinah Dean was born in Northamptonshire and educated in Essex and London. She was a history teacher and deputy headmistress before taking up full time writing. Her first novel, The Road to Kaluga, was published in 1974. She lived in Waltham Abbey, Essex.