Parallel Lives

Rebecca Levene is an experienced author of fiction and non-fiction and has written scripts for TV and video games, including one voiced by Mickey Rourke. She began her career writing media tie-ins for properties ranging from Doctor Who to the Final Destination movies. More recently, she haS published two original supernatural thrillers and a short story which the Guardian said, '...combines thwarted ambition and a gallery of fascinating secondary characters to wonderfully readable effect'. She is currently helping to storyline and script the hit app Zombies, Run!.

Stewart Sheargold’s short stories have appeared in various collections for Obverse Books. He wrote the highly regarded audio plays Bernice Summerfield and The Mirror Effect (consistently in the top 10 in reader polls for the range) and Doctor Who: Red for Big Finish Productions. He was longlisted for the 2017 Hachette Richell Prize and the 2018 Disquiet Literary Prize. He is the editor of the short story collection Wild Thymes on the 22, featuring the popular character of Iris Wildthyme. He lives in Sydney, Australia.

The World of Lies is Stewart’s first book for children and the first in the Chloe Hattersley trilogy.