Spare Room

Dreda Say Mitchell is an award-winning, bestselling crime writer, broadcaster, campaigner and journalist. Since her sixth book she has been co-writing with Tony Mason. She is the author of 11 novels, with her debut awarded The CWA’s John Creasey Dagger. She has been a frequent guest on television and radio including Question Time, BBC Breakfast, Newsnight, Victoria Derbyshire, The Stephen Nolan Show, Front Row and Woman’s Hour and numerous others. She has presented Radio 4’s Open Book. Dreda was named one of Britain’s 50 Remarkable Women by Lady Geek in association with Nokia. She was the 2011 chair of the Harrogate Crime Fiction Festival. Dreda and Tony’s work is currently in development for TV. She was born and raised in the East End of London where she continues to live.

Born in Yorkshire, England, Kristin Atherton is an award-winning audiobook narrator and LAMDA-trained stage and screen actress with over 16 years of experience. Kristin's acting credits include K-Shop, National Theatre Live: The Hard Problem, Waterloo Road and video game Elite Dangerous. She has narrated more than 500 audiobooks in many genres, including Dreda Say Mitchell's Spare Room, Faking Friends by Jane Fallon and The Children of Jocasta by Natalie Hayne.