Duncan Barrett studied English at Cambridge University and now works as a writer and editor, specialising in biography and memoir. He is also the author of The Sugar Girls, GI Brides, The Girls Who Went To War and When the Germans Came.

Nuala Calvi is a writer and journalist. She trained at London College of Printing and has written for The Times, Independent, BBC, CNN and numerous Time Out books. She co-authored four previous books with Duncan Barrett.