Beth Reekles is the author of the bestselling YA series The Kissing Booth (now a hit trilogy on Netflix) alongside a number of other bestselling rom coms. Her 14th novel The Reunion was the Waterstones Welsh Book of the Month in June 2024. Her debut, The Kissing Booth, which she wrote at age 15, accumulated almost 20 million reads on Wattpad before appearing in print in 2012. A self-confessed nerd and rom-com fan, Reekles is now a full-time author living in South Wales. Her latest novel, The Layover, is to be released as a full-cast audiobook in 2027.
Gemma Carfi is a professional Melbourne-based actor. As a child, Gemma was constantly on the stage, both as a dancer and performer. A graduate from the full-time program at the Howard Fine Acting Studio, she also holds a Bachelor with Honours of Film and TV from Swinburne University. Gemma has starred in several short films and has previously narrated Out of Tune and Rolling Dice by Beth Reekles, The Pallbearers Club by Paul Tremblay and Days of Innocence and Wonder by Lucy Treloar, among others.