Dressing the Dearloves

Since 2009, Kelly Doust has published five non-fiction books about craft and fashion: The Crafty Minx, The Crafty Kid, A Life in Frocks: A Memoir, Minxy Vintage, and The Crafty Minx at Home. She has a background in book publishing and publicity, and has worked in the UK, Hong Kong and Australia and freelanced for magazines such as Vogue, Australian Women’s Weekly and Sunday Life Magazine. She currently lives in Sydney, Australia with her husband and daughter.

Mel Hudson is a British actress, voiceover artist and comedian, one half of the double act Hudson and Pepperdine along with Vicki Pepperdine. The pair wrote and starred in BBC Radio 4's The Hudson and Pepperdine Show. Mel is perhaps best known for performing many roles in Knowing Me, Knowing You with Alan Partridge, including Alan's French co-host Nina Vanier. Mel has also narrated a number of audiobooks, including Adrian Tchaikovsky’s Children of Time.