The Trees

Ali Shaw grew up in Dorset and graduated from Lancaster University with a degree in English Literature. He has since worked as a bookseller and at Oxford's Bodleian Library. His first novel, The Girl With Glass Feet, won the Desmond Elliot Prize, was shortlisted for the Costa First Book Award and longlisted for the Guardian First Book Award. He is also the author of The Man Who Rained and The Trees.

Ben Onwukwe is a Nigerian-Swiss actor from London. Ben has appeared in theatre productions with the Royal Shakespeare Company, The Globe Theatre, Almeida, Old Vic and Young Vic. After several stints as a radio performer with the BBC’s Radio Drama Company, Ben has found a passion for audio narration. He has recorded countless audiobooks, including One Hundred Years of Solitude by Gabriel Garcia Marquez and Laura Shepherd-Robinson's Blood & Sugar.