Nadine Dreams of Home

Bernard Ashley trained as a teacher before becoming a writer, and served thirty years as a headmaster in different parts of London. This experience gave way to many of the settings and themes in his writing. His first book The Trouble with Donovan Croft won the 'Other Award' (the alternative to the Carnegie Medal), with follow-up titles A Kind of Wild Justice and Running Scared being commended runners-up for the Carnegie Medal itself.