Kevin Hart was born in the UK in 1954, and grew up in London and Brisbane. He was educated at the Australian National University and the University of Melbourne. He is married and lives with his wife and two daughters in Virginia, USA. An award winning poet, he teaches in the Department of Religious Studies at the University of Virginia in Charlottesville and has written extensively on critical theory, modern poetry and eighteenth century literature.
Christine Williams mesmerised audiences as a lead actor for the world-renowned Oregon Shakespeare Festival for eight years, and has also sung with the Rogue Opera. She currently teaches singing to actors and acting to singers at Southern Oregon University and narrates both fiction and non-fiction audiobooks – with a special fondness for character work, as in the Poison Pen Mysteries.