Sheena Kamal was born in the Caribbean and immigrated to Canada as a child. She holds an HBA in political science from the University of Toronto, and was awarded a TD Canada Trust scholarship for community leadership and activism around the issue of homelessness. Her bestselling debut The Lost Ones won her a Kobo Emerging Writer Prize, a Strand Critics Award, and Macavity Award for Best First Novel.
Laurel Lefkow is one of the top US voices in the UK. She is a regular on BBC Radio 4 in radio plays, narrating the Book of the Week and Book at Bedtime. She has won awards for her audiobooks including Best Female Narrator of the Year. Laurel has voiced numerous computer games including main roles in Alien vs Predator, and is the voice of Ripley in Audible's Original Drama Alien: Sea of Sorrows. Recent film and television credits include Black Mirror, The Diplomat, Absentia and the films Fair Play and Misbehaviour. Laurel lives in London with her two daughters.