Mark Billingham, novelist, actor and TV writer, is the acclaimed, award-winning author of the bestselling Tom Thorne crime novels including Sleepyhead, Scaredy Cat, Lazybone and, most recently, The Bones Beneath. Following on from the success of the TV series based on the Tom Thorne novels, adaptations of Mark's novels In the Dark and Rush of Blood are currently in development.
Peter Cocks is a popular children’s TV writer and performer. As TV writers, Mark and Peter have worked together on many much-loved programmes such as Maid Marian and Her Merry Men, Knight School and The Cramp Twins.