Deborah Moggach is an internationally bestselling and Sunday Times bestselling British author and screenwriter. She has written more than 20 novels, including The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel, The Ex-Wives, Tulip Fever, These Foolish Things, The Black Dress and The Heartbreak Hotel. She has adapted many of her novels as TV dramas and has also written several film scripts, including the BAFTA-nominated screenplay for Pride & Prejudice. She has also written two collections of short stories and a stage play. In February 2005, Moggach was awarded an honorary Doctor of Letters degree by her Alma Mater, the University of Bristol. She is a Fellow of the Royal Society of Literature, a former Chair of the Society of Authors and is on the executive committee of PEN.
Melanie Crawley is a British actor, narrator and voice artist based in Sheffield. She has appeared on stage at Crucible Theatre, Hope Mill Theatre & Theatre by The Lake and toured the north of England as Tannie in Tannie & Tannie. She has narrated 90 audiobooks across multiple genres including psychological thrillers, romance, literary fiction and memoir, winning an Earphones Award for Halfmoon Lane by Paula Hillman in 2024. She is known for her northern humour and also writes and records her own audio-drama and comedy.