The Accidental Memoir

Anthony Cropper was born in Fleetwood, Lancashire. He has published two novels and a collection of short stories. His play, I'll Tell You About Love won the BBC Alfred Bradley Award for Radio Drama. Anthony has taught creative writing both in this country and abroad. He has worked with adult learners on short courses for the University of Hull and has also held writing residencies in schools through First Story, a charity set up to promote literacy and storytelling. Eve Makis studied at Leicester University and worked as a journalist and radio presenter in the UK and Cyprus before becoming a novelist. Her first novel, Eat, Drink and be Married, published by Transworld, was awarded the Young Booksellers International Book of the Year Award.Her fourth novel, The Spice Box Letters, published in five languages, was shortlisted for the Jerwood Fiction Uncovered Prize, the East Midlands Book Award and received the Aurora Mardiganian Gold Medal.