Joanne Harris is the author of seven previous novels—Chocolat, Blackberry Wine, Five Quarters of the Orange, Coastliners, Holy Fools, Sleep, Pale Sister, and Gentlemen & Players; a short story collection, Jigs & Reels; and two cookbook/memoirs, My French Kitchen and The French Market. Half French and half British, she lives in England.

Fran Warde is a chef, food writer, and food stylist in the U.K. She is the author of three books: Food for Friends, Eat Drink Live, and Thirty-Minute Italian, and the coauthor of My French Kitchen.