Carnegie medal nominee and winner of the Grand Prix de Viarmes, author of YA, children’s fiction, and memoir, including Life on the Refrigerator Door, a New York Public Library Book for the Teen Age.

Winner of the Waterstones Children’s Book Prize and author of acclaimed middle-grade children’s novel My Brother is a Superhero, the British Book Industry Awards Children’s Book of the Year.

Gillian Holmes was an acquiring editor and copy editor at Penguin Random House where she acquired authors such as Katie Flynn. She has worked with bestselling authors Kathy Reichs, Dorothy Koomson, Tony Parsons, Rosie Goodwin, Amanda Prowse, Alan Titchmarsh, Jackie Collins, and Amy Silver (aka Paula Hawkins).

Sunday Times bestselling author of contemporary thrillers published by Penguin, including The Heatwave, an Apple Fiction Chart No.1 bestseller and Richard and Judy Book Club pick.

Top Ten bestselling author of cozy crime, notably The Shell House Detectives series, and women’s fiction including The Book of Summers, a Richard and Judy Book Club pick.

The number 1 bestselling author of suspense novels including Close to Me, adapted for television by Channel 4.

Francine Toon was a Commissioning Editor at Sceptre, Hodder & Stoughton’s literary imprint. She has worked on the novels of Stephen King, John le Carré, Fredrik Backman, and Erin Kelly. She has published award-winning authors such as Ned Beauman, Jessica Andrews, Rowan Hisayo-Buchanan, Kopano Matlwa, and Huma Qureshi.

An Observer New Face of Fiction and Costa Book Awards judge, the award-winning author of The Things We Thought We Knew, a World Book Night title, and How to Find Home, a BBC Radio 4 Book at Bedtime.

Sunday Times and USA Today bestselling and award-winning author of fantasy and science fiction, notably Seven Devils and Dragonfall, a Barnes & Noble monthly pick.