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Julie Lancaster lives in Staffordshire and is a part-time library assistant. When not writing she enjoys reading and travel and 70’s nostalgia. Remember Where You’ve Buried the Bodies is her second novel.

Jennifer L Armentrout, also known as J Lynn, is the USA TODAY bestselling author of the Lux and Gamble Brothers series. She is also the author of the award-winning Covenant series. She writes young adult fiction and adult fiction. When she’s not busy writing, which is almost next to never, she can be found procrastinating on Twitter or messing with her dog Loki. She lives with her husband in West Virginia and is addicted to 5 Hour Energy Drinks.

Sheena Lambert is from Ireland, where the troubled history and raw beauty of the landscape were the inspiration behind her novel The Lake. She grew up in County Dublin, where she worked as an environmental engineer before becoming a full-time writer. Her stories, novels and screenplays have been shortlisted in a number of prestigious UK competitions.

Niloufar Lamakan is an Iranian-born author and artist. She moved to the UK as a child and has lived in Islington, London most of her life. She came to writing after careers in tech, design, art, and property. Her debut novel, Aged to Perfection, won the Commendation Award at the Comedy Women in Print Prize and was a finalist at the Page Turner Awards.

She writes bold, spicy romantic comedies that are unapologetically age-defiant. Her art also explores the connections between age, identity, and society’s perceptions of beauty. When she’s not painting or writing, you’ll find her on the dancefloor.

Lottie Lucas lives in the countryside with her auctioneer husband, an effervescent spaniel puppy and diva-ish rescue cat. Sometimes she wonders how she finds enough time for writing, let along anything else, but when she does get a free moment, she loves baking, walking, and getting the chance to read anything which isn’t her own manuscript.

You can find her on Twitter @LottieAuthor, Instagram @LottieLucasAuthor, and Facebook /lottielucasauthor.

Sarah Lefebve is a former journalist who eventually swapped sticking to the facts for making stuff up.

By some minor miracle she fits writing romantic fiction in around a full time job in event management, being mum to two children, running as many miles every week as her love of red wine, cheese and chocolate dictates, and sharing the odd night out with her husband.

She values and treasures the friendships in her life and firmly believes that “friends are the family we choose”.

Her best friend loves and trusts her enough to look after her children if there were ever to come a day when she can’t.

A Mother’s Second Chance is her second novel.

Katherine Livesey is a Young Adult Fantasy author living in the historic Northumberland countryside. She was born and raised in the wilds of Lancashire and spent much of her childhood running ragged across the moors or lost in a sea of books.

To find out more about Katherine, follow her on Instagram (@katherine.livesey) or head to her website: katherinelivesey.co.uk

Caroline is originally from Yorkshire and spent a year living in Paris before reading PPE at Oxford University. She trained as an actress then fell into a career in finance, going on to write various commercial fiction novels under various pseudonyms.

Caroline lives in London with her husband and two young children. When not writing, she’s mostly reading, travelling and aspiring to have a life as interesting as the women she writes about.

Georgina studied creative writing and film at university and has since pursued a career in videogames journalism, covering some of the most popular games in the world. Her psychological thrillers are inspired by her surroundings, from the congested London streets to the raw English countryside. She can be found playing games, writing stories, and reading anything from fantasy to crime fiction.

Fiona Leitch is a novelist and screenwriter with a chequered past. She’s written for footballing and motoring magazines, childbirth videos and mail order catalogues; DJ’ed at illegal raves in London, been told off by a children’s TV presenter during a studio debate; and was the Australasian face of a series of TV commercials for a cleaning product. All of which has given her a thorough grounding in the ridiculous, and helped her to write funny stuff.