Before she started writing, Geraldine Alami-Hill has

experimented with various occupations: a Montessori teacher,

aid worker, manager and researcher. She remains an intrepid

traveller and adventure enthusiast. She and her husband share

their home in Germany with their enigmatic twin daughters

and feisty cat, Rocky. She is forever telling stories but this is

the first she has written down. There was a knock at the door,

is her debut book for children and adults alike to love.