Emma Clayton is a British children's novelist and author of dystopian thrillers, The Roar and The Whisper.
The Roar was nominated for the Carnegie Medal 2009, won the Yorkshire Coast Book Award[1] and was selected for the USBBY 2010 Outstanding International Books Honor List[2] and the 2010 Texas Lone Star Reading List.
The daughter of a Royal Air Force officer, Emma Clayton moved frequently as a child until her father's death when she was seven years old.
In her late teens, she trained as a field archaeologist, spent a brief time working as a freelance illustrator, then returned to education in her mid-twenties, studying film and screenwriting.
Both Roar and Whisper follow separated twins Mika and Ellie, who use a government scheme to find one another on a walled planet full of lies.