American Revolution: The Fall of Wall Street and the Rise of Barack Obama

Kate Jennings is a poet, essayist, short-story writer and novelist. Both her novels, Snake and Moral Hazard, were New York Times notable books of the year. She has won the ALS gold medal, the Christina Stead prize for fiction and the Adelaide Festival’s fiction prize. In the 1990s, she worked as a speechwriter on Wall Street. Stanley and Sophie, a memoir of life in New York City, where she has lived for the past three decades, was published in 2008.

Marie-Louise Walker has worked extensively in Australian television, film and theatre. She trained at the London Academy of Music and Dramatic Art and has appeared in stage productions in both the UK and Australia. Her work includes roles in popular outdoor productions including Romeo and Juliet, Alice in Wonderland and Macbeth. Her television work includes roles in The Saddle Club, Blue Heelers, Water Rats and Ocean Girl and she has loved giving voice to books for over 12 years now.