Eleanor Dooks (Author)
Eleanor Dooks - who also writes as Eleanor Thom - is an author based in Edinburgh. Her first novel, The Tin-Kin, won the Saltire First Book of the Year Award and was shortlisted for the Not The Booker Prize. Eleanor was featured on BBC TV'S The Culture Show as one of the year's best new novelists. She was one of The Jewish Literary Foundation and The Genesis Foundation's emerging writers of non-fiction for the year 2023-24, and has received the Robert Louis Stevenson Fellowship. Eleanor is also a carer and works in community arts. She spent six years as the Communities Writer in Residence for the Edinburgh International Book Festival, working with local people to help them tell their stories.

Oona Dooks (Author)
Oona Dooks was born in 2014 and is a full-time active wheelchair user. Aged six, Oona discovered her love of swimming, and within months she was competing for her local team, Lothian Racers. In 2022, Oona became Lothian Disability Sport's Young Sportsperson of the Year. Out of the water, Oona is a big fan of travelling, socialising, book festivals and fashion. She has appeared on the BBC programme Molly and Mack, she has modelled for M&S and Next, and performed in Bird of Paradise Theatre's The Super Special Disability Roadshow. She lives in Edinburgh with her mum, Eleanor, and her dad, brother and pets.