Nucleus

After a career in national newspapers, British author Rory Clements now lives in a 17th-century farmhouse in Norfolk and writes full time. When not immersing himself in the Elizabethan world, he enjoys village life and a game of tennis with friends. He is married to the artist Naomi Clements-Wright. Clements's books have sold more than one million copies to date. He has won the Crime Writers' Association Historical Fiction Award twice – in 2010 for Revenger and in 2018 for Nucleus. His bestselling series include the Tom Wilde series, which is made up of mid-20th century spy thrillers, as well as the John Shakespeare series, which is set in Elizabethan England. His latest book is a WWII thriller set in Munich, Evil in High Places (2025).

Adam Sims is a LAMDA-trained stage, film and voice actor. His recordings for radio include BBC's The World According to Humphrey and The Salamander Letter. He is also the narrator of numerous audiobooks, including titles by Haruki Murakami, Louise Penny and Max Brooks. Sims’s film and theatre credits include Band of Brothers (HBO), Lost in Space, A Midsummer Night’s Dream (Regent’s Park) and Snake in Fridge (Manchester Royal Exchange), for which he won the award for Best Actor at the Manchester Evening News Theatre Awards.