 One of her books "Mondays at Monster School" (Orion, 2005) was read on BBC television by Jenny Seagrove as part of the bedtime story hour.Ruth Symes also writes for both adults and children under the pseudonym Megan Rix, with eight middle grade novels published by Puffin Books, and a Sunday Times bestselling adult memoir published by Penguin's Michael Joseph imprint.Raised in Enfield where she attended the Bishop Stopford's School at Enfield, Ruth Symes initially taught children with special needs before becoming an author.