The Spice Maker's Secret

Renita D’Silva loves stories, both reading and creating them. Her short stories have been published in ‘The View from Here’, ‘Bartleby Snopes’, ‘this zine’, ‘Platinum Page’, ‘Paragraph Planet’ among others and have been nominated for the ‘Pushcart’ prize and the ‘Best of the Net’ anthology. She is the author of ‘Monsoon Memories’, ‘The Forgotten Daughter’, ‘The Stolen Girl’, ‘A Sister’s Promise’, ‘A Mother’s Secret’, ‘A Daughter’s Courage’, ‘Beneath An Indian Sky’.

Nikki Patel is a British actress and voice artist. Having started her acting career as a teenager, her character driven performances now expand across a wide range of voice work too. Most recently Nikki has lent her voice to numerous audiobooks, video games and more. Her screen credits include Call The Midwife (BBC), Matilda (Netflix) and Little English (Resource Productions). Her stage work includes Kenneth Branagh’s Romeo & Juliet in the West End, Future Conditional at the Old Vic and Sunshine on Leith at West Yorkshire Playhouse.