Angie Sage is the author of the Septimus Heap series which includes Magyk, Flyte, Physik, Queste, Syren, Darke and Fyre. She is also the illustrator and/or writer of many children's books, and is the new writer of the Araminta Spook series. Angie Sage grew up in Thames Valley, London and Kent. Her father was a publisher. He would bring home blank books that she would fill with pictures and stories. Sage first studied medicine, but changed her mind and went to Art School in Leicester. There she studied Graphic Design and Illustration. She began illustrating books after college. Then she progressed to writing children stories, including toddler books and chapter books. Her first novel was Septimus Heap: Magyk. 

June 19th, 1952 in Greater London (Age 71)