Kathleen Richards is a mother of three. Originally from Dublin now living in rural Gloucestershire. She has worked as a carer and foster carer throughout her life.

Bestselling author and journalist, Ann Cusack has ghost-written sixteen memoirs. She has several Sunday Times and Amazon bestsellers. Her determination to find and develop original stories continues through day to day, grass roots work, seeking out and providing content for national newspapers and weekly magazines. Living and working in Manchester, where she was born, she has a long track record of following stories and working with ordinary people who have found themselves thrust into the spotlight by extraordinary events.