Chris Russell is a writer and musician based in London. He has toured the world, performing everywhere from Wembley Stadium to Glastonbury Festival. In a past life he worked as a ghostwriter for a One Direction fan club, and he still cries at the end of Jerry Maguire. His debut YA novel Songs About a Girl was published by Hodder in 2016. The sequel, Songs About Us, was released in 2017 and the series came to a close in 2018 with Songs About a Boy.