Born in 1964 in Heilbronn. He trained as an actor and was subsequently engaged at several German theaters. Since 1996 he has been a freelance writer and director in Berlin, where he lives with his family. He has written forty plays, which have been translated in twelve languages. Currently he is the most played living German playwright.

Malgorzata Sikorska-Miszczuk is a playwright and screenplay author. She graduated from Warsaw University after studying Journalism, Political Studies and Gender Studies. She is also a graduate of Screenplay Studio at The Film and Theatre Academy in Lodz. Her plays have been translated into English, German, French, Serbian Croatian, Czech, Russian, Romanian, Ukranian, Swedish, Spanish and Hebrew. Readings of her plays have been held in Poland, Germany, France, Sweden, Czech Republic, Russia, Romania, Belgium, Spain and the USA.

Tena Stivicic is a playwright, screenwriter and columnist. She holds a BA in Dramaturgy from the Academy of Drama Art in Zagreb and an MA in Writing for Performance from Goldsmiths College, University of London. Her award-winning plays have been produced across Europe and translated into a number of languages. Her play Seven Days in Zagreb was the Croatian partner in the ETC Orient Express international project in summer 2009. Her 2011 play Invisible, commissioned by Transport and the New Wolsey Theatre is currently in film development with Good Films.

Steve Waters's stage plays include The Contingency Plan (2009), Temple (2015), Limehouse (2017); radio includes Miriam and Youssef (2020) for BBC World Service. He has taught at the University of Cambridge, University of Birmingham and currently is Professor of Scriptwriting at the University of East Anglia. He is the author of The Secret Life of Plays (2010), has edited the Contemporary Theatre Review (2013) and written a blog for the Guardian.