Imogen Matthews is an Oxford-based, award-winning and internationally bestselling author and journalist with a passion for forgotten stories from wartime Holland. Matthews was born in Rijswijk, Holland, to a Dutch mother and English father who moved the family to England when Imogen was very young. All her life, she listened to her mother’s stories about her life in Holland, in particular the hardships she faced during the 1944–45 'Hunger Winter', and this has had a profound impact on her writing.
Molly Hanson is an English actor and narrator based in London, working across screen, stage, and audio. She has appeared in television dramas including The Marlow Murder Club (ITV), Doctors and Father Brown (BBC), as well as Amazon’s Dream Hacker. On stage, her work ranges from Shakespeare at Windsor Castle to contemporary theatre at Jermyn Street and the Pleasance. A versatile voice artist, Molly has performed in Doctor Who for Big Finish and narrated acclaimed audiobooks such as The Ghostsmith.