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Kelly & Kristina Mancaruso
The Mancaruso sisters have been crafting stories together since they were children in upstate New York. Now, they collaborate on opposite sides of the Atlantic.
Simon McCleave
Simon McCleave was born in South London. When leaving University, he worked in television and film development. He was a Script Editor at the BBC, a producer at Channel 4 before working as a Story Analyst in Los Angeles.
Katharine Norbury
Katharine Norbury trained as a film editor with the BBC, later becoming a script editor, and worked for many years with the writer Alan Bleasdale. She completed the MA in Creative Writing at UEA and teaches writing about place to undergraduates.
Bobby Palmer
Bobby Palmer is a freelance journalist and has written extensively for household titles such as Time Out, GQ, Esquire, Men’s Health and Cosmopolitan.
LJ Ross
LJ Ross is a multi-million copy internationally bestselling author, whose books have sold over 11 million copies worldwide.
Ciaran Donnelly
Ciaran is a multiple IFTA and BAFTA-winning filmmaker who has directed and produced on some of the world's biggest shows; most recently Amazon's THE WHEEL OF TIME, Netflix's VIKINGS: VALHALLA and ALTERED CARBON, and SyFy/DC's Superman spin-off series KRYPTON.
Nicola Kent
Nicola Kent is an award-winning author and illustrator of children's books for ages 0-7. These include novelty board books, picture books, non-fiction picture books and her early chapter book series, Cat and Dumpling. In 2019, Nicola won the Independent Booksellers' Best New Illustrator Award.
Emily Burns
Emily is a director and writer for stage, and an associate of the National Theatre and the Bridge Theatre.
She was named in The Stage 25 “theatre makers to watch out for in 2022 and beyond”.
Ryan Craig
Ryan Craig was Writer-in-Residence at the National Theatre Studio from January 2012 to March 2013.