Sharon Maas is an author of historical fiction who was born into a prominent political family in Georgetown, Guyana, in 1951. She was educated in England, Guyana, and, later, Germany. After leaving school, she worked as a trainee reporter with the Guyana Graphic in Georgetown and later wrote feature articles for the Sunday Chronicle as a staff journalist. She then lived in Germany for 43 years. She settled in Ireland on retirement in 2018; then moved to India again and will live there for the foreseeable future. Her first novel, Of Marriageable Age, is set in Guyana and India. She has now written more than 16 novels, including The Sugar Planter's Daughter, The Violin Maker’s Daughter, The Soldier’s Girl and Her Darkest Hour. Her latest book is The Last Agent in Paris (2025).
Tania Rodrigues is a London based actor and voice artist, working on stage, screen and audio. She has always had a passion for reading and has narrated many award winning audiobooks, including Booker and Waterstones prize winners and literary classics. She is the narrator and the Zonk in the new ‘In The Night Garden’ animation specials and has also voiced numerous games and science fiction audio dramas, including Doctor Who, Torchwood and Blake’s 7.