Amy McIntosh is an author, illustrator and the creator of Mim the Mouse and her tiny world. She gained a degree in Drama from The University of Exeter and is currently working as a Drama teacher in Dorset.

When she’s not writing or marking school books, you’ll find her tangled up with bundles of wool and paint splashed on her face as she always has a crafty project on the go!

Amy has also always been a keen performer in both professional and amateur theatre. Notable roles in Musical Theatre include Laurey in Oklahoma!, Sarah in Guys and Dolls, Maria in The Sound of Music, Eliza Doolittle in My Fair Lady and Maria in West Side Story. Being a classically trained lyric soprano, Amy is also fond of light Opera and Gilbert and Sullivan and has played Josephine in HMS Pinafore, Tessa in The Gondoliers, Aline in The Sorcerer and Peep-Bo in The Mikado.

Amy first created Mim the Mouse with a crochet hook in 2019 and has subsequently become obsessed with crafting miniatures and sharing Mim’s mouseventures with the world via social media. She published her first illustrated children’s book: Mim the Mouse & The Christmas Gift in August 2022. Amy hopes to start writing more Mim the Mouse books very soon (providing she stops building more mouse houses!)