Barbara Hannay writes women's fiction, with over 12 million books sold worldwide. Her novels set in Australia have been translated into 26 languages, and she has won the Romance Writers of America's RITA award and been shortlisted five times. Two of Barbara’s novels have also won the Romance Writers of Australia's Romantic Book of the Year award. Barbara lives in Townsville with her writer husband and enjoys being close to the Coral Sea, the stunning tropical scenery and colourful characters, all of which find their way into her popular stories.
Agnès is a young Australian actor and voice artist. She has been cast as the lead in short films such as Humdingers, My Hills Hoist and A Heart for Vendetta and TV shows like The Bureau of Magical Things and Darby and Joan. Her voice work includes Mina and the Whole Wide World by Sherryl Clark and the audio series of The Bureau of Magical Things by Julia Ostrowski and Josef Ulbig. With her two sisters, Agnès is in a pop-rock band called Mary Valley.