The Monstrous Child

Francesca Simon spent her childhood on the beach in California, and started writing stories from the age of eight. She then went to Yale and Oxford Universities to study medieval history and literature. She threw away a lucrative career as a medievalist and worked as a freelance journalist, writing for the Sunday Times, Guardian, Mail on Sunday, Telegraph, and Vogue (US).

Eleanor Tomlinson is an English-born actor and singer, most notably known for her role as Demelza Poldark in Poldark. She has also worked in film, featuring in Angus, Thongs and Perfect Snogging, Jack the Giant Slayer and Tim Burton's Alice in Wonderland.