Ruby McBride

Born in Lancashire, Freda Lightfoot has been a teacher and a bookseller, and in a mad moment even tried her hand at the 'good life'. Inspired by this tough life on the fells, memories of her Lancashire childhood, and her passion for history, she has published more than 48 historical novels including many bestselling family sagas and historical fiction. Among her best-known series are the Salford Sagas, the Lakeland Sagas, the Champion Street Market series and the Poor House Lane series Freda has lived in the Lake District and Cornwall, but now spends her winters in Spain and the rainy summers in the UK.

Victoria Brazier is an actress and narrator from Manchester. Her recent theatre work includes Bottom in A Midsummer Night's Dream, the musicals The Book Thief and Make Good, the White Queen in Alice in Wonderland and Abigail's Party. Victoria has also appeared in many BBC Radio Dramas. Her audiobook narrations include Regency romances, young adult fiction and contemporary and period novels set in the north of England.