Million-selling author CAROLINE LAWRENCE writes with the double aim of entertaining children and teaching them.

Caroline is best known for her Roman Mysteries series which was televised by the BBC in 2007 and 2008. Filmed in Tunisia, Bulgaria and Malta, it was the most expensive BBC children's TV series to date.

In 2009, Caroline won the Classical Association Prize for 'a significant contribution to the public understanding of Classics', an honour shared by Classicists such as Tom Holland and Mary Beard.

She has since written series set in the Wild West and Roman Britain - as well as retellings of some of the events of the Aeneid.