USA Today bestselling author Alyssa J. Montgomery lives with her husband and three children on a five-acre property nestled into a mountain range south of Sydney, Australia, and enjoys having the space for gardens, a dog, horses, goats and chickens. She continues to work in her private practice as a Speech-Language Pathologist. Previously she's done a stint with Qantas Airways as an international flight attendant, completed her Master of Science degree, and has also been a professional pianist.
Clarisse Bonello is a Naarm-based actor, theatre-maker and voice artist. Clarisse voiced the BAFTA nominated animated short film Ready for a Baby and works continuously in loop groups for a variety of Australian TV Shows. As a narrator, she has voiced Alyssa J. Montgomery's Hope Creek series and Alli Sinclair's The Cinema at Starlight Creek.