The Honeyfield Bequest

Anna Jacobs is the multimillion-copy bestselling author of more than 100 novels; she is addicted to storytelling. She grew up in Lancashire, emigrated to Australia in the 1970s and writes stories set in both countries. Her most popular genres are historical sagas and contemporary fiction but she also publishes fantasy novels under the pseudonym Shannah Jay. Jacobs has been married to her own hero for many happy years, and they have two adult daughters and one grandson.

Patience Tomlinson is an English actress who has appeared extensively in theatre and radio throughout the UK. She has worked for the Royal National Theatre and the Young Vic, and was twice a member of the BBC Radio Drama Company. She has made over 1500 broadcasts, including stories, books and radio plays as well as poetry. She is a narrator, lending her voice to over 100 audiobooks including The Little Old Lady Behaving Badly by Catharina Ingelman-Sundberg.