Helena Potter is a New Zealand author living in Melbourne, Australia. Her debut fantasy novel The Thread That Binds Us is due out in 2026.
Rose Riley is a British actor and has worked extensively across theatre, film and TV. Notable theatre credits include: Macbeth, starring Ralph Fiennes and Indira Varma; award-nominated Othello at the Riverside Studios, the Royal Shakespeare Company’s adaptation of Hamnet by Maggie O’Farrell and The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time in London’s West End for the National Theatre. Rose is best known on screen as Sandy Talbot in BBC’s Call the Midwife. Rose is also a Michael Chekhov practitioner, teaching acting in leading UK drama schools and institutions.