Ruth Smith started writing stories and poetry as a hobby, then progressed to commissioned work for magazines and specialist publications and writing plays for amateur dramatic groups. She is a professional speaker, invited to talk at weddings and dinners, and also entertains with stand-up comedy. She lives in a medieval house close to the beach in the English county of Norfolk.

Royston Ellis, the British beat poet backed in 1960 by the Beetles (whom he persuaded to spell their name as Beatles), is the author of over 60 published books including the novels Big Time, Sweet Ebony and The Rush At The End and biographies of pop stars, Cliff Richard & The Shadows, The Big Beat Scene, as well as his collected poems, Gone Man Squared, and guide books about Mauritius, Maldives and Sri Lanka, where he lives in a bungalow overlooking the Indian Ocean.