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Alison Irvine was born in London. She studied English and Theatre Studies at Lancaster University before moving to Glasgow some years later where she gained a distinction in her masters in Creative Writing at Glasgow University. Her first novel, This Road is Red (Luath), based on the true stories of residents of Glasgow's Red Road Flats was shortlisted for the 2011 Saltire First Book of the Year Award. Alison lives in Glasgow with her husband and three daughters.

Sofia Greenacre is a Swedish-English actress, comedian and narrator. Her passions are contemporary theatre, screen work, devised work and improvisation with complex female characters. When not acting, Sofia performs stand-up comedy and works for Guinness World Records as a freelance adjudicator. Some of her stage roles include the faerie queen in A Midsummer Night’s Dream and Alice in Villain, Interrupted.