Mark Billingham is a stand up comedian and bestselling author of the 'Tom Thorne' crime series of novels. He's a thoroughly nice chap to boot!

MG Harris (the MG stands for Maria Guadalupe) is the bestselling children's author of The Joshua Files series and a fellow Litopian (www.litopia.com). Witty, intelligent, a superb writer and good looking to boot - but enough about me - MG's all those and more!

Sophie King (aka Jane Bidder) is the bestselling mum-lit author of five novels (including The School Run), a non-fiction and short story writer, successful journalist, tutor, and even the writer-in-residence at a male prison. Apparently, she's pretty good at multi-tasking too!

Jonathan Pinnock is a short story writer and competition winner. His stuff is so off the wall it floats in mid air!

For the true romantics out there, Verulam Writers' Circle's very own Jenny Barden! Where there's a Will there's a way to get published.

Teacher, children's story writer and all round good egg; yes, it's Susan Franklin.

Some say he's spaced out, some say he's out in space. Either way, it's Toby Frost and the ubiquitous Space Captain Smith!

The friend who breathed life into my children's characters and this website through his wonderful illustrations. Part time special needs teacher and illustrator of the hugely popular Choose and Tell educational software series, it's the one and only Nick Wonham.

With his astute writer's intuition, this fellow's critiquing talents are as numerous as his media contacts. His writing's very good too! It's Mark Clementson.

A man, ironically, who takes life about as seriously as his writing. Meet the very funny Kevin Bennett.