Eileen Ramsay is a former schoolteacher turned novelist now living near Arbroath in Angus. She lived and taught in the USA for 18 years, in Washington DC and in California. She wrote her first novel in between frequent trips to Mexico and raising her sons. She describes herself as a proud writer of 'women’s commercial fiction', and is currently Honorary Secretary of the Romantic Novelists’ Association.
Helen McAlpine is a published adapter, author and narrator. Some of her published credits include Tales from Japan and Japanese Tales and Legends. As an actress, she is known for Xanadu, Asylum and Cracked. As a narrator, she has voiced dozens of audiobooks, including Eileen Ramsay’s bestselling Flowers of Scotland series.