M. I. McAllister

Margaret I. McAllister is an English author of children's books, born in 1956. She grew up on the north-east coast of England. Her first book, A Friend for Rachel was published by the Oxford University Press in 1997. Urchin of the Riding Stars, the first in The Mistmantle Chronicles, was published by Bloomsbury Publishing in 2005. A Friend for Rachel and The Mistmantle Chronicles are now published by Purple House Press, who announced in October, 2024, that a sixth book in the Chronicles is forthcoming.