Allan Frewin Jones was born in London in the United Kingdom in 1954. His first love was fantasy writing, especially the books of Alan Garner, Tolkien, CS Lewis, Mervyn Peake and ER Eddison. his first book, a young adult romance, was published in 1987. since then, he had had many books published under several names - including Frewin Jones, Sam Hutton. A F Jones, Steven Saunders and Allan Jones. He is the writer of the young adult fantasy series The Faerie Path, and the mythological adventures Warrior Princess. He is also the co-writer of The Six Crowns series of illustrated books for younger readers. He currently lives in South east London with his wife Claudia and their cat Siouxsie.