Caroline is originally from Yorkshire and spent a year living in Paris before reading PPE at Oxford University. She trained as an actress then fell into a career in finance, going on to write various commercial fiction novels under various pseudonyms. She’s also written comedy for the BBC and Comedy Central.

The Socialites, inspired by the lives of Vivien Leigh, Maureen O’Sullivan and Sonia Orwell, was published by HarperCollins in January 2025. It was a Kindle First Reads pick and Amazon bestseller. Her first historical fiction novel, Well Behaved Women, was based on the real life of silent movie star, Alla Nazimova.

Caroline now lives in London with her husband and two children. When not writing, she’s mostly reading, travelling and aspiring to have a life as interesting as the women she writes about.

Patrick worked in advertising with some of the most globally recognised agencies and brands.  Always fascinated by history, particularly military history, and spurred on by two lockdowns, he took to writing stories.

His debut  WW2 aviation thrillers launched on the 16th December 2022 with ‘The Lightning and The Few,’ the story of Jox McNabb, a Scottish schoolboy who earns his wings defending his country in its hour of need.

Book Two of the series ‘The Raiders and the Cross’ was published on 21st April 2023 and follows Jox’s war through the furnace of the Blitz and the siege of Malta. Book Three ‘The Maple and the Blue’ sees Jox involved with the Dieppe raid and then heading back to the Mediterranean. It was published on the 22nd December 2023.

Book 4 ‘The Vulcan and the Straits’ covers Operation Torch, the invasion of Vichy North Africa and then Operation Husky, the invasion of Sicily. In Book 5 ‘The Wire and the Lines’ Jox is a prisoner of war in Italy and must find a way to rejoin the war, It is  released on the 28th February 2025.

Patrick has also had a paranormal military thriller published, called ‘The Brookwood Boys’ set in a military cemetery in Surrey. It tells the story of’Mouse’ Forsyth who has haunted the grounds for a hundred years until one day he is seen.

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Jennifer is the author of two books about women’s suffrage, namely Suffragettes of Kent and Secret Missions of the Suffragettes – Glass Breakers & Safe Houses.

Suffragettes of Kent tells many stories of hope, determination and sacrifice.  Chapter one tells the previously untold story of a young Kent working-class maid and suffragette, Ethel Violet Baldock. She travelled to London and was arrested for participating in the Great Militant Protest of 1912.

Secret Missions of the Suffragettes details the Great Militant Protest. Over two evenings in March 1912, more than 250 women – old and young, rich and poor, strong and delicate – were arrested and charged with using hammers and stones to smash the windows of shops and offices across London. The youngest amongst them was 19-year-old teenager Ethel, while the eldest was 79-year-old Mrs Hilda Eliza Brackenbury, owner of suffragette safe house, Mouse Castle, in Campden Hill Square. The book goes on to explore ‘behind the scenes’ of the movement; the safe houses and rest homes used by the history-shaping women involved, together with stories of the women themselves, as well as their self defence training and use of disguises and alias names, all of which were needed to be a part of such a militant campaign.

Jennifer is currently researching and writing her third book about women’s suffrage. This book is again inspired by Ethel. #ourEthel

Jennifer is available to give talks, visit schools and libraries, participate in events & festivals.  For further information see her website here.

Born and bred in Glasgow, author L.A. Kristiansen discovered a passion for Scottish History through her enthusiasm for genealogy. In her research, she uncovered close family ties with many of the leaders of the wars of Scottish Independence – the likes of Bishop Wishart, Robert the Bruce, and the fearsome William Wallace are, in fact, woven into her own ancestral tapestry.

During further research and exploration, she discovered how their bravery and courage played a significant part in influencing the events of the 13th and 14th century, and she decided to write about them, interlacing fact and fiction in the lead up to the acknowledgement of Scotland’s sovereignty in 1328, and Bruce’s death in 1329.

She is a writer, and dabbles in IT whilst spending her time in Scotland, France, and Norway, researching the new adventures of the characters first found in this book.

Her eight book Independence Chronicles are all published by Ringwood Publishing and include, Raise Dragon, Revenge of the Tyrants and The Bruce’s Treasure (due June 2025)