The Russian Wife

Barry Maitland was born in Scotland and brought up in London. After studying architecture at Cambridge, he practiced and taught in the UK before moving to Australia where he was Professor of Architecture at the University of Newcastle. He has since retired from the university to pursue his writing. Maitland's first mystery The Marx Sisters was a nominee for the John Creasey Award for Best First Novel and The Malcontenta won the Ned Kelly Award for Best Crime Fiction. Barry now writes fiction full time, and lives in the Hunter Valley.

Emily Joyce is a London based English actress and voice artist. Her 30+ years of experience includes theatre performances as Viola in Twelfth Night at the RSC, Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night Time (West End) and Heather in the musical The Band. She is equally at home on TV in comedy (My Hero, Friday Night Dinner) and high drama (Cracker, Messiah 2, Midsomer Murders, Casualty) and has appeared in several radio plays and comedies for BBC Radio 4.