
She started writing as a teenager writing about the closing of a nearby steel mill. Careerīreslin grew up in Kirkintilloch, Scotland. in the Queen's Birthday Honours List for services to Literature. In March 2019 Theresa was awarded Scottish Book Trust's Outstanding Achievement Award.

She is an Honorary Fellow of the Association for Scottish Literary Studies. Her work includes folk tales, humorous books, fantasy and time slip adventures, historical novels, modern issues, texts suitable for challenged and EAL readers, short stories, poetry and plays. Winner of many literary awards, including the prestigious Carnegie Medal, Theresa Breslin is the popular, critically acclaimed author of over 50 titles covering every age range, whose books have been adapted for television, stage and radio, and are translated world-wide. Theresa Breslin OBE is a Scottish author.
