Ruth Hamilton is the bestselling author of twenty-five novels, including Mulligan¿s Yard, Dorothy¿s War, The Judge¿s Daughter, The Reading Room, Mersey View and That Liverpool Girl. She has become one of the north-west of England¿s most popular writers. She was born in Bolton, which is the setting for many of her novels, and has spent most of her life in Lancashire. She now lives in Liverpool.