Anna Vaught is an English teacher, Creative Writing teacher, mentor, editor and author of several books, including Saving Lucia, Famished, Ravished and These Envoys of Beauty. Her short creative works and features have been widely published, and she has written for the national press and has had a column with The Bookseller and Mslexia. In 2022 Anna launched The Curae, a new literary prize for carers. Anna is also a guest university lecturer, a tutor for Jericho Writers, and volunteers with young people from disadvantaged backgrounds. She is the mother of three sons, comes from a large Welsh family and lives in Wiltshire. Her Winter Song is her tenth book. Maya Chessman is an illustrator living in Norwich, making work that is detailed and story-led, often inspired by nature and folklore. As well as creating commissioned work for editorial and publishing clients including The New York Review of Books, The Financial Times and Cunning Folk Magazine, Maya is currently making a comic and running a shop selling illustrated paper goods online and at local markets.

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