Jesse Q. Sutanto, who has also been published as Jesse Sutanto, is a USA Today bestselling and award-winning author. She has won an Edgar® Award, a Libby Award, an Audies Award, and the Comedy Women in Print Award. She is best known for her Vera Wong series, including Vera Wong’s Unsolicited Advice for Murderers; and the Dial A for Aunties series, comprising Dial A for Aunties, Four Aunties and a Wedding, and The Good, the Bad, and the Aunties. The film rights to Dial A for Aunties was bought by Netflix at auction. Sutanto lives in Indonesia with her husband and two daughters. Her latest books include Next Time Will Be Our Turn (2025), Ms Mebel Goes Back to the Chopping Block (2026) and An Edge Sharp Enough (2026).
Mei Mei MacLeod is a British-Chinese actor raised in Beijing who trained at the Drama Centre London. Her theatre credits include the Olivier-nominated A Playlist for the Revolution and Titus Andronicus at Shakespeare’s Globe. An experienced narrator, Mei Mei has voiced multiple audiobooks including Sunbirth by An Yu, Shanghailanders by Juli Min, Disappoint Me by Nicola Dinan, The White Octopus Hotel by Alexandra Bell and Shanghai Immortal by A.Y. Chao.