Laura Ziepe was born in Essex and has lived there all her life. She had a small part in the first series of The Only Way is Essex but decided a life in front of the cameras wasn’t really for her; she much preferred the dramas she could dream up on her laptop! When she’s not writing, she loves to read, travel, cook and spend time at home Essex with her fiancé and two Chihuahuas, Dolly and Dusty.
Alia Trabucco Zerán was born in Chile in 1983. She was awarded a Fulbright scholarship for her MFA in Creative Writing at New York University and she holds a PhD in Spanish and Latin American Studies from University College London. Her debut novel, The Remainder was shortlisted for the International Booker Prize 2019. Her non-fiction title, When Women Kill won the British Academy Book Prize 2022 and was shortlisted for the National Books Critics Circle Criticism Award, and film rights have been sold. Her latest novel, Clean, is being translated into 15 languages. She won the Eccles Centre & Hay Festival Writer’s Award 2024 for her next project. She lives in Santiago.
Keith and Kent Zimmerman are twins. They are the co-authors of the bestselling ‘Rotten: No Irish, No Blacks, No Dogs’, the autobiography of John Lydon.
Keith and Kent Zimmerman are twins. They are the co-authors of the bestselling ‘Rotten: No Irish, No Blacks, No Dogs’, the autobiography of John Lydon.
Stephanie Zinser is a feature writer who specialises in health and medical issues. In her writing she combines her education in pure science and psychology with her practical experience as a medical journalist, patient, carer and mother. She contributes to several national newspapers, magazines and websites, including the Daily Mail, Evening Standard and Sunday Times, Real magazine and WebMD.
