The Scent of You

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.

Zara lives in the heart of the Cotswolds with her two teenage children, husband and six chickens. She has been a professional actress for 21 years and also writes children’s stories and songs. Her television credits include Grandpa in my Pocket, The Canterville Ghost and Doctors. Her extensive audiobook credits include Peter Boland's Charity Shop Detective Agency series, as well as The Chronicles of St Mary's series and The Time Police series – both by Jodi Taylor.