Max Porter is the author of Grief Is the Thing with Feathers, which won the International Dylan Thomas Prize and The Sunday Times/PFD Young Writer of the Year Award and was short-listed for The Guardian First Book Award and the Goldsmiths Prize.

Joe Gaminara is a professional actor and voiceover artist. A series regular on Casualty, he has also appeared in Holby City, Shakespeare and Hathaway, Crystal Skulls, and Wrong Turn. He has also worked extensively in commercial voiceover, audiobook narration, dubbing for Netflix and ITV, and voice acting for computer games. A Spanish speaker, script writer, and avid Arsenal fan, he was born and raised in Tufnell Park, North London.