Richard Harland is an English fantasy and science fiction writer, living in New South Wales, Australia. He was born in 1947 in Huddersfield, United Kingdom, and migrated to Australia in 1970. He has been an academic, performance artist and writer, publishing fourteen full length works of fiction, three academic books, short stories and poems. He has been awarded the Australian Aurealis Award on five occasions for his fiction.
Richard Aspel is a talented narrator of children's and adult audiobooks. He trained and worked in London, before returning to Australia where he has worked extensively in television, theatre and radio. His television credits include Neighbours and Carson's Law, and he provided various voices for The Silver Brumby animated series. Richard was nominated for the prestigious Audie Award (US) for his narration of The Mark of the Angel by Nancy Huston.