The Hardie Inheritance

Margaret Potter, née Margaret Newman, was a British writer of over 55 Romance, mystery, children's novels. She signed her novels under her maiden and married name, and also under the pseudonyms of Anne Betteridge, Anne Melville and Margaret Evans. In 1967, her novel The Truth Game won the Romantic Novel of the Year Award by the Romantic Novelists' Association. She was the daughter of Bernard Newman and wife of Jeremy Potter, both also published writers.

Emma Gregory graduated from LAMDA winning the prestigious BBC Radio Carleton Hobbs Award and joined the BBC Radio Drama Company working in drama, comedy, light entertainment, live shows and educational programs. She has enjoyed a long and varied acting career working for many renowned companies in theatre, television, radio and audio work throughout Britain and internationally, touring in America, Japan and New Zealand for the Royal Shakespeare Company. She can be frequently heard narrating audiobooks.