Andrew Ridker‘s debut novel, The Altruists, was a New York Times Editors’ Choice, a Paris Review Staff Pick, and a People Book of the Week. It was translated into more than a dozen languages. He is the editor of Privacy Policy: The Anthology of Surveillance Poetics and his writing has appeared in The New York Times, Esquire, Le Monde, and Bookforum, among other publications. He is a graduate of the Iowa Writers’ Workshop.

Roseanna Hall is the pseudonym used by Sarah J. Mason for the Exmoor Harbour Tale series, to distinguish these books from her seventeen titles in the bestselling Miss Seeton mystery series which she wrote under the pen name Hamilton Crane – and the eight further mysteries under her own name. Her titles in the Miss Seeton series have sold over 300,000 copies to date. The first Roseanna Hall was Sarah’s grandfather’s grandmother.

Corinne Holt Sawyer is the author of the bestselling Benbow and Wingate mystery series. Born in 1924, she gained a BA in 1945 and PhD in 1954. For many years she worked in radio and television, serving as director of broadcasting at WNCT-TV in North Carolina. She also taught English at Clemson University.

Tom Shakespeare CBE is a sociologist and ethicist who works at the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, where he leads teams researching disability and mental health in Africa and Asia. Tom has presented programmes and documentaries on BBC Radio and has written for publications including the Guardian and The Lancet. He has been a stand-up comedian, an actor, a dancer, and an artist. He has an enthusiastic social media following.

After the death of her father, Mark Hebden, creator of the quirky French detective Inspector Pel novels, Juliet Hebden took over the mantle of crime writer and has completed 8 more books in the series. In addition to writing, Juliet is a mother of six children and lives in France.

Josie Long is a writer and a stand-up comedian. She won the Best Newcomer award at Edinburgh Fringe Festival and has been nominated three times for Best Show. She was born in Kent in 1982 and studied English at Oxford University. She currently lives in Glasgow.