Laura is a writer and publisher based in Central Victoria. She is passionate about stories and is living her dream with the establishment of Book Ink Publishing, which aims to publish books about things we love and provide opportunities for writers and artists outside the mainstream. She has worked in writing and communications in a variety of industries, and has completed studies in Journalism (BA) and Creative Writing (MA).

Julia Chapman is the pseudonym of Julia Stagg, who has had five novels, the Fogas Chronicles set in the French Pyrenees, published by Hodder.

Date with Mystery is the third novel in the Dales Detective series, following on from Date with Malice.