Margaret Meyer grew up in New Zealand and now lives in Norwich, England. She has been a journalist, editor and publisher and was for five years the British Council's Director of Literature. After retraining as a mental health therapist she worked in schools, prisons and addiction recovery centres as well as in private practice. Her writing includes essays, flash fiction and short stories, and in 2020 she completed an MA in Creative Writing from the University of East Anglia. Her debut novel, The Witching Tide, was inspired by the events of the East Anglian witch hunt of 1645-7 and is dedicated to the more than 100 innocent women who lost their lives. An international bestseller, The Witching Tide was named a 2023 best historical fiction book by the Sunday Times and New York Times Book Review.