Barbara Hannay, a former high-school English teacher, has written more than 40 books since her first publication in 1999. With more than 12 million copies sold worldwide, her novels have been translated into 26 languages, and have earned her five RITA nominations from Romance Writers of America. Hannay won a RITA award in 2007 and has won two Australian Romantic Book of the Year awards. Hannay lives in Townsville with her writer husband and enjoys being close to the Coral Sea, the stunning tropical scenery and colourful characters, all of which find their way into her popular stories.
Agnès is a young Australian actor and voice artist. She has been cast as the lead in numerous short films and appeared in television series airing on Nickelodeon, Foxtel and Acorn. Her voice over work includes a series for Amazon Audible, podcasts and spoken word. With her two sisters, Agnès, a drummer, is in a pop-rock band, Mary Valley.