Disappearance at Oare

British author Julie Wassmer was born in the East End of London, studied at Kingston University and had a variety of different jobs before becoming a television drama writer. She has worked on various series including ITV's London's Burning, C5's Family Affairs and BBC's Eastenders, which she worked on for 20 years. In 2010, her first book More Than Just Coincidence, a memoir, entered the Sunday Times bestselling Non Fiction Top Twenty upon publication and went on to become Mumsnet Book of the Year. In 2015, Wassmer's debut crime novel, The Whitstable Pearl Mystery, was published. Numerous other books in the Whitstable Pearl series have followed: #10 in the series, Murder at the Allotment, came out in 2024. The books have been adapted for TV as the Whitstable Pearl series for the streaming channel Acorn TV; the third season screened in 2024.

Born in East London, Willow studied at East 15 Acting School. She's toured Germany, Poland and Japan performing Shakespeare. At home in the West End, she's played Sheila Birling in An Inspector Calls and toured the provinces with Dickens's Hard Times and Moliere's The School for Wives. Willow is also one half of Really Big Pants – a children's theatre company taking original plays to children aged between four and 11. She enjoys recording voiceovers for computer games, online training videos, commercials and indents, and ADR on numerous television programs and films.