Heather Marks is a writer of YA historical fiction. Her debut novel won the 2018 Quarto Translations Award. She is also producer at Words of Colour and Bristol Festivals. Joe Melia worked in several Bristol bookshops for 20 years before becoming Bristol Short Story Prize co-ordinator. He has also been Bristol 24/7's Books and Spoken Word editor, a library assistant, fiction editor and had numerous book reviews published.