Jonathan Freedland is a Guardian columnist and the presenter of BBC Radio 4's contemporary history series, The Long View and host of the podcast Unholy. He is the author of twelve books, the latest being The Escape Artist. He has written nine thrillers, mostly as Sam Bourne, including The Righteous Men, a Sunday Times number one bestseller.

Emily Sutton is an artist and illustrator based in York, England. She has worked on numerous picture books, including The Christmas Eve Tree by Delia Huddy, as well as Tiny, Lots, Many and Grow by author Nicola Davies. Her illustrated edition of Shakespeare's First Folio is published in April 2024.