Christmas with the Ops Room Girls

Vicki Beeby writes historical fiction about the friendships and loves of service women brought together by the Second World War. Her first job was as a civil engineer on a sewage treatment project, so things could only improve from there. Since then, she has worked as a maths teacher and education consultant before turning freelance to give herself more time to write. In her free time, when she can drag herself away from reading, she enjoys walking and travelling to far-off places by train. She lives in Shropshire in a house that doesn’t contain nearly enough bookshelves. Her latest book is High Hopes for the Bomber Girls (2025).

Eleanor Yates is a London-based actor who trained at The Bristol Old Vic Theatre School. Since graduating in 2010, Eleanor has worked in film, television and theatre; from period dramas including Mike Leigh's Mr Turner and The Crimson Petal and the White (BBC) to classical plays and new writing such as Versailles (Donmar Warehouse), Pride and Prejudice (Sheffield Crucible) and Closer Scrutiny (The Orange Tree). Her most recent roles were in Hugo Blick's Black Earth Rising (BBC2/Netflix) and Harlot's (Hulu).