The Other Half of Happiness

Ayisha Malik is a British Muslim, lifelong Londoner and lover of books. She read English Literature at Kingston University and went on to complete an MA in Creative Writing. She has spent various spells teaching, and being a publicist at Random House. Now, she works for the editorial consultant agency Cornerstones. You can follow her on Twitter @Ayisha_Malik.

Actor, voiceover and audiobook narrator Rita Sharma started her career with the Royal Court Young Peoples Theatre. Her voice work includes the narration for a number of audiobooks, as well as TV documentaries, dubbing work for the BBC and National Geographic, and TV and radio commercials. She also voices in Hindi as well as in Punjabi. Her most recent audiobook narrations include Cinnamon: A History of Taste and Empire by Nira Wickramasinghe.