Paper Avalanche

Lisa Williamson is a bestselling and award-winning British author who was born and grew up in Nottingham. She studied drama at Middlesex University and since graduating has worked as an actor on stage and TV. She started writing when temping in offices in between acting jobs, which eventually grew into a children's book. Her debut novel for young adults The Art of Being Normal was a Sunday Times bestseller and won the 2016 Waterstones Children's Book Prize for Older Fiction. Since then she has written a number of other novels and non-fiction books including All about Mia, Paper Avalanche, First Day of My Life and the Bigg School series. Williamson lives in London with her partner, step-kids and a blue whippet called Nelson.

Cassie Bradley is an English actor and voice artist, raised in Nottingham and Mansfield, known for her work with Sam Mendes and Marianne Elliott at the National Theatre, her screen appearances on BBC, ITV and Sky and voice work on Assassins Creed, Chorus and BBC Radio. She has previously narrated How To Find Home by Mahsuda Snaith and Who's That Girl? by Mhairi McFarlane. Theatre includes: King Lear (National Theatre), Husbands and Sons (National Theatre) Television: Wolfe (Sky), McDonald & Dodds (ITV), Jesus: His Life (History/Amazon), Natalie Watkins in Coronation Street (ITV), Leigh-Anne Carr in Casualty (BBC), Suspects (Channel 5), The Coroner (BBC) Radio: BBC Radio 4’s DH Lawrence season Tainted Love: The Rainbow & Women in Love, Chai for Sorrow, Chai for Joy (BBC). Cassie is a regular contributor to BBC Radio. Video Games: Assassins Creed Valhalla, CSR Chorus (XBox, PlayStation, Google Stadia), Audiobooks: Who’s That Girl? (Harper Audio/Audible), How To Find Home (Audible)