Cate Sevilla has led and managed editorial teams for some of the world’s largest media and tech companies – including Google, BuzzFeed and Microsoft. She was a founding member of BuzzFeed UK and later became editor-in-chief at The Pool, at the helm when the company collapsed. Cate is the co-host of Sali Hughes’ monthly show on Soho Radio. She is launching a podcast to accompany the publication of her debut book. Born in California, Cate is American with Filipino heritage, and is based in London.

Pandora Sykes is a journalist and broadcaster. A former columnist and editor at The Sunday Times Style magazine, she has written for publications including The Telegraph, The Guardian, GQ and Elle and published two books, How Do We Know We’re Doing It Right and What Writers Read: 35 Writers on Their Favourite Book. She now runs a popular weekly Substack, Books+Bits. She is the creator of numerous No.1 podcasts, including The High Low and Doing It Right and is the host of The Missing, an ethical true crime series about missing people. She has also written two audio documentaries for Radio 4, Pieces of Britney and Unreal: A Critical History of Reality TV. A regular interviewer and panel host, she has been live on stage with authors including Bernadine Evaristo, Margaret Atwood and Bonnie Garmus and was a judge on the 2022 Women’s Prize for Fiction.