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Alan Joyce grew up and still lives in South Tyneside. However, his mind was and is constantly someplace else. From poetry to screenplays and stories, Alan has always escaped into a world of fiction. He studied at the greatest university on Earth: Sunderland and graduated with a degree in media and culture. In his spare time, apart from writing, he still thinks he can play football – his teammates beg to differ.

Anna’s writing career started in journalism as a film critic for Time Out Paris and the author of seven travel guidebooks for Frommer’s. She has written for multiple publications, including the Financial Times, The Times and The Sunday Times Travel Magazine, where she was the long-standing Paris expert. Her debut novel, Monster Bogey, was a SCBWI Undiscovered Voices winner and longlisted for the Bath Children’s Novel Award. When not writing, she has been an actress, a cabaret singer and an electro-pop artist, performing on stage and composing songs for films and commercials. Raised in Birmingham and Yorkshire, she now lives in Paris with her French-Canadian husband and son.