Pants on Fire

Maggie Alderson was born in London, brought up in Staffordshire and educated at the University of St Andrews. She has worked on nine magazines – editing four of them – and is currently a fashion columnist with the Sydney Morning Herald and The Times. Her first two novels, Pants of Fire, and Mad About the Boy were bestsellers in Australia and the UK, and she was a co-editor of the charity anthology Big Night Out, in aid of War Child. She has also published two collections of non-fiction: Shoe Money and Handbag Heaven. She is married and moves a lot. She currently lives in Sydney, Australia.

Katrina Baylis is an actor, storyteller and voice-over artist. She regularly works on radio and television, as well as the stage. Katrina is well known for her storytelling character of Fairy Trina. She was born in England, but has now made her home in Australia.